Welcome to Poetry Friday, this week hosted by Haiku aficionado and artist, Marcie Flinchum Atkins Here. Last week she shared a video showcasing her fabulous haiku and photos. Thank you, Marcie, for hosting.
Today, I’ll share a few sights from New Orleans. I was there a month ago for a wedding but had plenty of time to acquaint myself with the French Quarter with all its non-stop music, art, and hospitality. (Sorry the photos are not my best.)
MERCHANTS IN THE FRENCH QUARTER Artists show their work in the shade of live oak trees tourists stop, some buy. © Janice Scully 2024
I heard wonderful music, especially Jazz everywhere. Indoors and outdoors.
IN THE FRENCH QUARTER Clarinets and drums, jambalaya and jamming-- an all day party. © Janice Scully 2024
I always look for a bookstore.
I like to buy at least one book when I travel and found this short novel by Ernest J. Gaines, A LONG DAY IN NOVEMBER.
Gaines is the author of A LESSON BEFORE DYING that I read years ago. I have never read another book by him.
A LONG DAY IN NOVEMBER is a tender book narrated by six year old Sonny, who during the 1940’s on a southern plantation where his parents chop sugarcane, finds himself in the middle of his impoverished parents separating. He is a charming, engaging character, as are his parents, and the story of his parents struggles, and how their fiery argument is resolved made for fascinating read, a quintessentially southern story. I loved the book! I recommend it, and I’m ready for another book by Earnest Gaines.
Happy New Year to everyone!