In The Flow of Time – August 9, 2024 I’m gradually transitioning from research. More and more, I see a tidbit, I take a note, and I start imagining how this might fit into a story that doesn’t even exist yet, except in broad outline form in my imagination. There… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – August 8, 2024 Along the way I’ve read two standard biographies of Marie Laveaux. One was very academic, a dissertation turned into book, and written through a lens of female empowerment. The other had extensive footnotes referencing parish and historical records. That’s the one… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – August 7, 2024 Underlying the evil of slavery was a very simple belief: slaves are things. Simple? White superiority – or more tellingly, Black inferiority was like the sunrise. It was there, it was always, it was so obvious it was beneath notice. It… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – August 4, 2024 There is a hole in my primary research. I need to get my head around Voudou, the amalgam of African and Catholic beliefs widespread in New Orleans in the 1800s. After all, Marie Laveau was “queen” of the voudouiennes. In that… Continue reading
