Well, she's back. The Yankee who spent last Mardi Gras running through the streets learning more about Carnival, king cakes, and parades. She's more settled now, but that's about to change with a tall, dark handsome stranger who walks through her door. If you read Killer Rubboard, you'll find some familar characters in these pages, and a few new ones. If you haven't read Killer Rubboard, check it out. Lots of Mardi Gras fun.
I hope you enjoy this new novel with all new (or is it old?) traditions to learn about. New Orleans has been described as "a fairly shabby Southern city with a touristy, almost tacky overlay. But beneath the overlay is something vital, something intimately acquainted with living and dying, that marketing cannot long disguise or distort."
George Page says, "The French Quarter smells of vomit and shrimp shells. If you can't have fun in New Orleans, you must be dead."
Both statements are probably true. Either way, Yellow Magnolias begins January 6th, the first day of Carnival season, and concludes February 8th, Mardi Gras Day. Remember to bid "farewell to flesh" in your own way-- a bead here, a king cake here, and a feather in your hair on Sunday afternoons.
Please drop a line to let me know who's reading. And to y'all this 2005 Mardi Gras season, laissez les bon temps roulet! Or as Frank Montana might say, "La vie est pour l'habiter. L'habiter l'habiter"! or "Life is for the Living, Long Live the Living"
Author: Aileen McInnis, Mardi Gras 2005
aileen_mcinnis@yahoo.com
