Tag: New Orleans Bywater

New Orleans Magic

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 28, 2024. Posted in General. 2 Comments on New Orleans Magic

Today, Sunday of the first weekend in Jazz Fest when New Orleans magic pulses through the air like a fine purple spray, I saw an eighty-year-old man with hair the same color as his mauve shoes join a band playing in the Bywater in a furniture shop (a handcrafting furniture type of shop, not a gallery floor) to sing his one hit from 1958 and there...

Claim the Disappearing: 10

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 30, 2019. Posted in General, Writing. No Comments on Claim the Disappearing: 10

(I invite you to enjoy this free New Orleans novel, courtesy of the wonder that is the internet, unrolled a teensy bit at a time. If you are just joining us, feel free to return to THE BEGINNING and work your way through.) Talking about the past is easy. The past is done. The only choice of the tale-teller is to pick through the events jumbled...

Boxing Day in the Bywater

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 26, 2018. Posted in General. 7 Comments on Boxing Day in the Bywater

The Proverbial Camel

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 17, 2018. Posted in General. No Comments on The Proverbial Camel

Never let a camel into your home. Give an inch, and it’ll take a mile. Mary Bob, the Bywater camel, sticking her nose into what isn’t her business ’cause that’s what camels do. Bob Mary, the Marigny camel, trying to worm his way into a bar ’cause that’s what camels do. Mary...