tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post5015399251712921104..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: New Orleans -- First DraftDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-8686971572340191662011-10-26T17:33:18.972-04:002011-10-26T17:33:18.972-04:00Oh I am so sad I couldn't be there. What a del...Oh I am so sad I couldn't be there. What a delightful trip. And such company!<br /><br />You make me want to hunt up all my Percy novels and dust off my academic writing cap so I can wring out enough of a submission to justify tagging along to the next conference. After all I can't possibly do any worse than my one previous conference paper, a hideous thing about Dracula I delivered after a bibulous night trying to keep up with the Irish attendees.Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-38738350138627842482011-10-26T02:45:01.713-04:002011-10-26T02:45:01.713-04:00Ya'll?
(a) You stayed in Texas too long ... n...Ya'll?<br /><br />(a) You stayed in Texas too long ... now you'll never get it out of your system.<br />(b) It's y'all. Contracting "you".<br />(c) Y'all is very helpful when first learning and understanding Latin declensions. Make sure your children don't lose it before they start Latin.<br /><br />I'm so glad you had a wonderful trip! And you're right not to worry about polishing ... you write so well and sincerely the first time. It perfectly suits your subject matter. You need no further polish; it would almost detract.Teresa in TXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-35979156174461109532011-10-25T23:00:00.101-04:002011-10-25T23:00:00.101-04:00I just want to concur that coming home to cold and...I just want to concur that coming home to cold and rain after warm New Orleans was the hardest part of reentry.BettyDuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130418609022759086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-70677872681654346842011-10-25T22:33:54.886-04:002011-10-25T22:33:54.886-04:00TS, you've carried the vacation burden for me ...TS, you've carried the vacation burden for me for so long that I figure I ought to return the favor when I can. I was going to go back and dedicate this post to you, but that would have been polishing, and I said I wouldn't.MrsDarwinhttp://darwincatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-27023558312027902232011-10-25T21:51:05.968-04:002011-10-25T21:51:05.968-04:00Yay! I got me some travelogue after all. Loved th...Yay! I got me some travelogue after all. Loved this rich summary. And yes I bought me an alligator head last time I was down South too.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118362963139092279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-60665018483834524682011-10-25T20:20:59.190-04:002011-10-25T20:20:59.190-04:00My family is from Louisiana and my husband and I h...My family is from Louisiana and my husband and I honeymooned in New Orleans. If you love Louisiana at all, consider going to the South West and hit all the tiny towns at festival time (usually in the late summer and into the fall). The weather is beautiful and company can't be beat!Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958084273028753944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-32021027672465674032011-10-25T14:48:10.945-04:002011-10-25T14:48:10.945-04:00This was perfect, and I join Betty in calling for ...This was perfect, and I join Betty in calling for an encore. Your description of New Orleans makes me want to go back...spent a good few weeks there last year (for sad reasons) and would love to go back in happier circumstances.<br /><br />Write more, write more! Who needs polish? :)Sarah Reinhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682511477646768745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-79585695146808551262011-10-25T10:51:03.929-04:002011-10-25T10:51:03.929-04:00See, no need for polish. This was perfect, and I d...See, no need for polish. This was perfect, and I don't just say that having been certified by your mention.<br /><br />Encore Mrs. D.BettyDuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130418609022759086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-8630483847197080932011-10-25T00:21:27.107-04:002011-10-25T00:21:27.107-04:00Playing the role of tourists to the hilt, we bough...Playing the role of tourists to the hilt, we bought an alligator head for Jack. We found it in the shop with the Mardi Gras masks and the Ghosts of New Orleans books. If you want to read some gothic New Orleans history, read the gruesome history of <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12577/12577-h/12577-h.htm#pg192" rel="nofollow">Madame LaLaurie and her unfortunate slaves</a>.mrsdarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446744635277205867noreply@blogger.com