Pamela Conway Caruso's Writings
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Short Story
Nov.15.2012
Henrietta dubbed me her “little white daughter” and she was my “Black Mama.”
I don’t think I could have loved her more.
After eight years in Pennsylvania, John and I finally were able to return in 1983 to my hometown of New Orleans. We met in New Orleans. My first job after college was Biological Illustrator for the Tulane University Biology Department. ...
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Sep.30.2012
MOON CAKES 2012
XiaoXuan has been back in China since late May.
I wanted to tell about her visit to America, the friends she’d acquire, her adventures at school, her favorite things about being here in New Orleans, the things she missed most in Wuhan, her story.
I am sorry to admit this – there really isn’t much to tell.
The truth is just that – there really just...
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Article
May.01.2012
May 1
She'll be leaving New Orleans soon. Our temporary "daughter" will return to China on May 20th.
What, exactly, will she take back home with her? I don't know.
Will she miss us? I don't know.
Will she miss New Orleans, living on ground level, our Spring flower-fragranced city, the food choices, her room, our outings, our home-time, her...
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Jan.16.2012
off subject?
not really...
Please read...
http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html
I've gotten side-tracked with reading and I just wanted to share the above link sent to me by a friend.
I have much to write about Xiaoxuan and her high school year in America so far.
But she had to return to China for some much needed medical...
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Oct.30.2011
"Every artist starts as an amateur."
This is the best Chinese fortune cookie fortune I've ever seen.
Xiaoxuan's profile that accompanied her to our home states, "She's wanted to be an artist since she was 4."
She is quite a good artist, too! This is not just an unprofessional pronouncement. I was a self-employed advertising art director, illustrator...
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Oct.30.2011
Ketchup
This is trivia. Food for thought. Teenage tastebuds. Cultural cuisine extremes.
But maybe not.
Xiaoxuan loves ketchup.
It started with ketchup on a turkey sandwich.
When I offered the array of sandwich condiments inside our refrigerator door, I assumed the choices were clear: mayonnaise, creole mustard, chipotle mustard, wasabi mustard...
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