Illustration by Jane Sanders

March, Midlife and a Giant Batch of Soup

It’s pretty commonly accepted that March is the month to catch our breath here...

You Have to Be There

It’s impossible to understand the experience of Carnival season from someone telling you about...

Joie d’Eve: Welcome Home?

I think I knew, on some level, that having my daughter back home from...

A Classic New Orleans Christmas (For Once)

Every year basically since forever, I’ve told myself my family would “do a REAL...

A Season of Changes

All of us here in New Orleans know that autumn is a season that...

No One Truth

When I try to describe my family to anyone, it’s always pretty confusing. I...
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Joie d’Eve: The Baby-Sitters Club 2.0

When I was a kid, babysitting was a rite of passage, falling in the...

Now What, Exactly?

Every January and then again every August, I daydream about a fresh start, about...

Joie d’Eve: Summer Interrupted

As an 11-month employee at a high school, I get one full blissful month...

Joie d’Eve’s Art of Wallowing

The first time I left my older daughter for a long stretch – two...

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