From the Houma Courier:
Publicity hog that I am, I draw your attention to an article about me in the newspaper from a neighboring town. The reporter, Laura McKnight, did an excellent job with the interview and with the article. We seemed to hit it off right away, so I thought she might do right by me, and she did. I don't know about holding court with the world. I believe that I'm not quite there, yet.
Wait till I get hold of Abby, the photographer. I know Abby, and I told him to make me look beautiful, but he did not. I even look bald in the picture. Trust me, I have hair on the front of my head. It is white, but it is there. I won't be too harsh with him, since he was limited by what he had to work with.
UPDATE: Sorry, but I had to post another picture of me to show that I'm not bald. Peace to you, Abby Tabor.
Great, Mimi! MadPriest has it up, too.
ReplyDeleteWow! MP was quick. He was only 10 minutes behind me.
ReplyDeleteNow that you are so famous, I hope you will continue to visit my humble blog.
ReplyDeleteRead the Courier story and it seems we share common viewpoints on many issues.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good fight.
When you get a moment, check out my blog at:
http://www.asouthernexposure.blogspot.com/
Takce care and have a Merry Christmas!
Congratulations, Grandmere! Great article. Maybe we can get you on Leno or Letterman ... or both! The Mad One would certainly be impressed.
ReplyDeletePadre, do you think that I could give up the Friday night Mr. Peanut Bank series?
ReplyDeleteRichard, welcome and thanks. I'll pop over to your blog when I have a chance.
Hey ho -- congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteWhiteyCat, my son says hold out for Oprah for my TV debut.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading the article. However, I just love your blog. How could I not enjoy progressive politics, Jane Austen and theology all on one blog?! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteNo publicity hog, Grandmere - more a soaring eagle of reality! What a wonderful article and accolade!
ReplyDeleteCatherine, thank you.
ReplyDeleteRenz, the room may be humble, but what it really is, is a mess. The picture was taken when our power was out. My desktop computer is behind me, and I'm working on the laptop with battery power and my phone line.
RR, thank you. I don't know what the local folks will make of this. I don't have many readers from around here, so in one sense, it's my "coming out" as a blogger. Not that I've kept it a secret.
Oh my - can I say "I knew her when."
ReplyDeleteAnd then I can sell my story of how I spent a madcap night with Mimi in Manhattan!!
Fran, when you tell the story, don't leave out that the early part of the madcap evening included two charming gay men.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a nice article. That's how I found you and decided to join in. I live in Bayou Blue.
ReplyDeleteMimi it was a great article and a great picture, too.
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Grandmere, Way to go!
ReplyDeleteHey you're becoming a genuine celebrity, grandmere. Congrats. The Today Show is next!
ReplyDeleteIf bright lights make you look bald in front, you could always go all the way for a bigger impact. Bald (like piercing) is the new normal, ya know. I gave in to it several years ago. I'd even teach you how to use the Mach3 razor if you like.
;)
Congratulations Grandmere! I hope you make new/local friends on account of it.
ReplyDeleteMelanie is another bayou girl, although much younger and prettier than I. She lives in Bayou Blue, and I live quite near Bayou Lafourche.
ReplyDeleteMelanie, don't think too badly of us. This comment thread is crazier than most.
Dennis, please tell me I look better than that picture, or I will burst out crying right now.
Scott, so I should shave my head with a Mach3 razor and have more than my ears pierced? I don't know. Are you really my best choice for a role model?
Pat, Margaret, thank you.
I loved the article! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteLOL grandmere...you make an unintentional inference in your reply to which I might take exception...or not. :P
ReplyDeleteNo no, I would make a lousy role model for you. Fashionisto, perhaps, but not role model.
Ciss, thank you.
ReplyDeleteScott, I see. You did not suggest piercing. My apologies. And no more tattoos. One is enough.
The photo over at Paul's is much better.
ReplyDeleteNow, may I have your autograph?
+Maya sends love. So do I, of course.
Jane, I posted another picture to show that I'm not bald. I couldn't stand people thinking I looked like the one in the paper.
ReplyDeleteYou may have my autograph, when you sign my copy of your book. A nice swap, don't you think?
How wonderful to become famous for being a southern, feisty 'woman of a certain age' who writes well and has something intelligent and interesting to say.
ReplyDeleteYou stand in a long line of SFWOACA women like Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Kate Chopin, and Fannie Flagg, to name just a few of my favorites.
I have always been feisty, and am rapidly becoming a 'woman of a certain age'. Alas, I am not Southern nor will I ever be, so I'll never have any hope of achieving your great fame.
However, not only can I say, "I knew her when." I can also say, "I kissed her when."
Saaaaweeeet.
Come now, Elizabeth, flattery will get you everywhere. I know you are feisty. Until I met you, I was greatly in awe of you, but you are so damned much fun to be with, that I relaxed almost immediately and simply enjoyed your company. You are also incorrigible.
ReplyDeletewell I love this new picture, too. But I'm biased.
ReplyDeleteremember that for a good year (until you changed your profile picture) we all thought that you looked like a young Jane Austen!
ReplyDeleteCool in da shades, Mimi!!
ReplyDeleteJust don't go from hog to Hogzilla, Mimi. ;-)
ReplyDelete[Wasn't Hogzilla bagged somewhere round your parts? Y'know: "Down South" ---asked JCF the Yank]
Mimi
ReplyDeleteyou need one of those black streaks in your hair. Or red. Or purple. Something outrageous, trendy and not blonde.
What a brilliant article.
If you get more famous, will you charge subscribers fees to your blog?
"How wonderful to become famous for being a southern, feisty 'woman of a certain age' who writes well and has something intelligent and interesting to say."
ReplyDeleteAll true, but what do these (admittedly very nice) interviews tell about how people are generally percieved to be?
Just don't forget about us little people, 'mkay?
ReplyDeleteAnd you don't look bald in the picture, for pete's sake!
Great picture! I read the article on DailyComet.com. They had a different picture, didn't they?
ReplyDeleteWell! How 'bout you and your cool self ?! ;)
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
Dennis, you are so sweet, mon cher. I do believe that I'm better looking than the portrait of Jane Austen that I had posted for so long.
ReplyDeleteSusan, the picture above was taken for Quaker Dave's series of posts on peace. My granddaughter is pictured, too, from the back.
Debbie, thank you. It looks like the same picture to me.
JCF, Erika, Göran, PJ, and David, thank you. I will not forget y'all. I promise.
To all: This too shall pass.
Grandmère, tu es la belle du bayou.
ReplyDeleteCe n'est pas vrai, mon cher Ormonde, mais merci.
ReplyDeleteI saw your brother and sister-in-law at a going-away party for friends who are moving to Virginia.
Hi, Mimi!
ReplyDeleteI discovered your blog from the article in the Comet. I also live in Lafourche Parish, and I am a fellow Obama supporter.
See, there are a few of us out here!
Congratulations on hitting the "big time", and keep up the good work.
Hi SouthernGirl. Welcome and thank you. How nice to discover another Obama supporter. Toward the end, a number of folks ended up voting for Obama, but still not enough to block a Louisiana landslide for McCain.
ReplyDeleteall I can say is WOW! You are awesome.
ReplyDelete500 hits a day!
Diane, you make me blush.
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