upon leaving new orleans for the final time, ron embarked on what I like to call his “victory tour”, for God had indeed given ron the victory in his struggle with addiction. he first stopped and visited a former church family now living in jackson, ms., and called to say he’d be coming my [...]

so……. ron and cheryl got out of new orleans ahead of katrina and made their way to missouri, and although i spoke to him on the phone while he was there, i didnt hear from him again until i called him at victory home. we talked a couple of times by phone during his [...]

part 3 of ron’s story is in the works, but i had to take time out to give a shout-out to jeff noble. one of my guys had to have some video footage of skateboarding tricks for a demonstrative speech in oral communications which is due… when else… today. we shot footage all [...]

fittingly enough, while i’m in the midst of telling ron’s story, he called me this afternoon and tipped me off to the geminid meteor shower which should hang around roughly through the 19th. but wednesday night was the peak viewing time, and IT WAS AWESOME! i’m on duty, so i couldnt get away [...]

hurricane katrina roared ashore between mississippi and louisiana on the morning of august 29, 2005. all the years i’d lived in and around new orleans, i’d always heard the scenarios of what would happen if new orleans ever took a direct hit. at first, we all thought the city had dodged another bullet, [...]