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  • Papu Charlie's NEW Adventure!

    Number of comments: 9
    Since I officially ended this blog on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina last year, a few folks have asked, "What's going on?" "How's the house?" "Are you going to update the blog?" Of course, I've been meaning to do it for the longest, but have plunged head first into a' [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 1:56pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • August 29th - Hello Again... and Goodbye

    Number of comments: 5
    I end today where this journey began - on August 29th, the date of the most catastrophic event I have ever experienced. Now here we are again, awaiting our fate with Hurricane Gustav (and perhaps Hanna). Many of us are evacuating early. This would otherwise be standard protocol, [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2008, 7:15pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • NOT Moving Day

    Number of comments: 8
    Y'all, I am posting this because I have to post SOMETHING. It's been almost 2 months and I'm sure y'all are wondering what's going on. I'm sorry, actually ashamed, to say that it's NOT YET moving day. I've moved some things in. I have appliances. But who knew the list [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2008, 9:31pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • SO MUCH

    Number of comments: 6
    Because it's been over a month since my last post and there's SO much to cover (and SO little time to do it), I decided to do a photo blog update. BUT before I get to that, I must first say a few words:

    GOODBYES

    In the beginning [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2008, 8:40pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • BIG TINGS!

    Number of comments: 8
    Oh, the progress that has been made since the last post! I don't want this entry to be TOO long, so I'll just get right down to real nitty-gritty. BIG TINGS!, as my West Indian brethren might say.

    Guess who has plumbing now?!

    The [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2008, 8:40pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Gotta Update The Blog

    Number of comments: 2
    I've been shamefully remiss in updating the blog. I keep saying, "I gotta update the blog. I gotta update the blog." but every time I sit down to do it, I'm either too exhausted or I'm overwhelmed with the challenge of writing about all the new developments in an interesting' [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 10:57pm EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • The Beginning of The End

    Number of comments: 2
    I know that I promised to update the blog weekly; this is why I usually don’t make promises. Unpredictability is the nature of life. I have been in a holding pattern for about three weeks. Here are my VALID excuses – 1) My daughter’s daycare was closed for a week, [...]
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    Posted: December 28, 2007, 11:20pm EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • Moving Forward

    Number of comments: 4
    Today, my old buddy Aiji came over. Bless his heart, he traveled TWO HOURS on the bus just to lend a hand. This is a testament to the glory of the RTA, New Orleans’ own public transportation system. Aiji lives about 15 minutes away.

    A little back story [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2007, 12:27am EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • No Way!

    Number of comments: 8
    No way!

    Way.

    Word?

    Word.

    Get outta here!

    Gone.

    As you can see, a LOT has transpired since the last post. And these photos don’t even represent the half of it. However, for both of [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2007, 11:16am EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • The Wheels Keep Turning

    Number of comments: 4
    First of all, I must share with y’all that…. I GOT A NEW BIKE!!! Those new to this blog may not understand why this is such thrilling news. (Well, you need only read this to come up to speed.) But those faithful readers who have been with me through [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2007, 5:27pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • The Fence

    Number of comments: 4
    “Y’all always wanna learn things the hard way.” My father would say this repeatedly, referring to his four children (I’m the second oldest) and our perceived hard-headedness. I recalled these words as I stood in my yard about two weeks ago (wow, I can’t believe it’s been 10 days already), [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2007, 11:17pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Thinking About Grandmaw

    Number of comments: 6
    Two years ago today, my grandmother Leoma Sordelet died. When the storm hit, none of us knew where she was; I breathed a sigh of relief when she called me a few days later. She had evacuated with her sister's family to Atlanta. Worry took relief's place as our conversation [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2007, 10:03pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • AUGUST 29TH - When The Levees Broke

    Number of comments: 7
    Today marks the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. For me, it's the day this journey began. My city drowned. My family evacuated. My grandmother died (two weeks later). It shook me up, forced me to re-evaluate my existence. Made me to get up off my comfortable ass and LIVE... make' [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2007, 7:39pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Falling In Love

    Number of comments: 4
    I miss my little house. I want to fix her (my house is a “her”).

    Because my daughter’s daycare is closed for vacation this week and next, I haven’t been able to work on the house much. I wouldn’t use the word “sad” to describe the way that I [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2007, 7:49pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Back From THE ROAD

    Number of comments: 2
    Whoo! Sorry it’s been so long. It just dawned on me that I could’ve written at least a brief update and posted it immediately(I think my readers appreciate those more anyway), instead of taking all this time to write a full entry. After being gone so long, I guess it's' [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2007, 10:40pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • On Hiatus

    Number of comments: 2
    Just a quick note to let y'all know that I won't be blogging for about a month. Got the opportunity to travel recently and I'm taking it!! Shoot, I need a break!

    Today, I worked at my house from 8am til 7pm (with a one hour break for lunch)' [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2007, 8:49pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Getting Ready

    Number of comments: 3
    June 1st – the first day of hurricane season. And a very active season it’s predicted to be. Are we prepared? Humorously enough, the city launched a huge Hurricane Preparedness Week campaign aimed at the citizens of New Orleans, complete with checklists and everything. However, I’m not sure [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2007, 1:07am EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • #%$^&@!!!!

    Number of comments: 8
    Okay, this week’s entry was SUPPOSED to be entitled “Battle Scars”… to highlight the “injuries” I’ve sustained thus far. But this morning, I awoke to find that my BIKE WAS STOLEN!! So, as nothing else is really on my mind but the FIERY ANGER burning inside, I shall write [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2007, 10:50pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Just Say YES

    Number of comments: 4
    A couple Wednesdays ago, Green Light New Orleans stopped by my mom’s house to install energy efficient light bulbs. While she was there meeting them, Paulette and I worked at my house. My mother returned a couple hours later, ecstatic – she’d met a journalist who was covering [...]
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    Posted: May 23, 2007, 1:06am EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Progress!

    Number of comments: 5
    Peanut butter and Jelly - who doesn’t love a good PB&J sandwich? Pierre and Jamyla – power couple of the century. And PJ’s!! I love a nice warm pair of pajamas in the winter. Why do I mention these seemingly random things, you ask? I’m just reveling [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2007, 8:41pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Elbow Grease

    Number of comments: 4
    I still remember it – I was a young child; my grandmother and I were busy cleaning… perhaps a pot. Well, I’m not sure what it was, but we had to scrub it really hard. I remember my grandmother pausing to remark, “Sister, you gotta put some elbow grease into [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2007, 10:34pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Peeling Back The Layers

    Number of comments: 6
    In my last post, I told you of my imminent plans to destroy the newly discovered mold growth behind my walls. Well, before beginning the process of gutting the whole interior of my house, I wanted to be sure that there really was mold (the dangerous kind) behind the [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2007, 2:45pm EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

    Number of comments: 5
    So much has been happening since my last post. I've been quite busy and too tired by the end of the day to post updates. But right now, my beautiful daughter is taking a much-needed nap, so I'm taking advantage of the free time. I'll try to consolidate as best' [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2007, 11:21am EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Road Home Says No

    Number of comments: 6
    Yesterday, I attended an application workshop for the Road Home Small Rental Properties Program in hopes that I might get some state money to assist in fixing up my house. The program awards forgivable loans to owners of 1-4 unit properties in hurricane-damaged areas, provided they rent their units [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2007, 12:22am EDT
    by PapuCharlie

  • Beauty Amidst The Destruction

    Number of comments: 3
    Yesterday, my father and I went looking for a comrade of his in Hollygrove, a neighborhood in Uptown New Orleans. (He hadn't seen her since the storm, but heard that she was back in New Orleans.) Half the residents in trailers, half in damaged homes. Abandoned houses, abandoned cars.' [...]
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    Posted: March 07, 2007, 9:39am EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • Touchdown

    Number of comments: 6
    Wow. I just moved to New Orleans. I’m not sure how I feel just yet… and people keep asking me. Really, it feels like I’m just visiting. Ask me in a month.

    We missed yesterday’s flight and ended up flying down early this morning. I was so exhausted, I [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2007, 10:36pm EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • The Damage

    Number of comments: 2
    A lot of people have been asking me how much my house was actually damaged. Here are some pics of my house taken in Oct/Nov 2005. Not much has changed since then, except that I had the roof replaced and the wiring redone.


    The front [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2007, 11:41pm EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • A Milestone

    Number of comments: 2
    Friday was my last day at work. A HUGE milestone for me. I've spent the past seven years of my life at that place. SEVEN long years of routine (9am to 6pm every day, except holidays, vacation and sick days). Seven years, three movies (and one in production), [...]
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    Posted: February 17, 2007, 8:34am EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • In Earnest...

    Here are some post-Katrina photos of the Lower 9th Ward, taken in November 2005 (3 months after the hurricanes hit). Some colleagues and I put together a photography exhibition called "In Earnest: Moments, Places, Events and Faces" in our office gallery. The opening was February 8, 2007 and this was [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2007, 8:55pm EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • No Historic Grant Money

    Number of comments: 1
    Back in December, I applied for a grant aimed at restoring historic New Orleans homes that had been destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As my house in the historic Holy Cross neighborhood qualified, I thought I'd give it a shot and apply. My mother's house is in the [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2007, 8:56pm EST
    by PapuCharlie

  • 25 days and counting

    Number of comments: 4
    Things gotta change 'round here.

    The year 1995 was the last time I made such a drastic change in my life. Nearly 12 years ago, I packed up and left New Orleans. Cried and said goodbye to the city that raised me. I hated New Orleans, as most [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2007, 10:38pm EST
    by PapuCharlie
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