GinaJuly 10, 2005I met Gina Phillips at a party at the Truck Farm. We met under amusing circumstances.May 9, 2017I went with Gina to see Cool Ghouls at Poor Boys'. It was a school night but I'm glad I went anyway.July 27, 2017I took a picture of Gina holding her dog Daisy.November 19, 2017Sketched Daisy, sitting on the couch with me. Daisy is a skinny little pit bull Gina found on the levee.December 5, 2017The Stacks played Sister Street Stage for the first time, before we named it that. It was cold and the people that were there stayed around the fire.February 13, 2018I costumed for Mardi Gras 2018. I forgot to try hard.March 30, 2018Holy Cross Neighborhood Association. This Holy Cross Neighborhood Association t-shirt has had a long run.April 19, 2018Went with Gina up on the levee. Just silhouettes, but you can tell who it is.April 19, 2018Gina made a little bonfire.April 19, 2018Gina's work tent failed in a storm. Gina has this wedding tent to work under but maybe it wasn't meant to stay up in real bad weather.May 5, 2018Gina and I went to a dog track to watch the Kentucky Derby in Birmingham. The Kentucky Derby fell on the day we were there and we went to the city dog track to watch it.August 20, 2018Sally investigated zinnias from our garden. Gina asked me to plant these.March 5, 2019I attended Mardi Gras 2019, probably my last. This was probably my last Mardi Gras.March 16, 2019Funnin' around with Gina.April 14, 2019Had a happy bonfire at Gina's. Sorry if there are too many pictures of fires with no people on here.June 10, 2019Gina and I went to see Felice Brothers at Gasa Gasa. They played the Undress album, pretty much in order.October 25, 2019Went to Kukhnya with Gina, Trey, and Becca. A night out with Trey and Becca.November 28, 2019I went to Chattanooga for Thanksgiving. Joanne is the one taking the picture.December 7, 2019A walk by the Mississippi in December. Took a walk with Gina and P.J. to the riverbank. I guess the water was very low.February 5, 2020Morning fog on the Industrial Canal. Gina and Daisy and I took a walk.February 24, 2020We had a backyard bonfire. We do a lot of these.March 8, 2020Saw Tyler Keith and Redondo Beat at Santos, our last show before the pandemic.March 10, 2020Technicolor Gina. Pretty typical palette.March 27, 2020We had a bonfire for Gina's birthday. We burned up a stinky knifeblock.June 11, 2020Gina looked like a valentine. Pink popsicle time.July 12, 2020Gina made some videos about her art.July 24, 2020Goodbye Froggy. I really feel for this frog.October 29, 2020Nature TV, featuring Hurricane Zeta Gina and I watched the storm come in; it was beautiful.November 7, 2020Gina was part of a small show at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. First art show I'd seen druing the pandemic.November 14, 2020Gina put on the Holy Cross Music Hang. Gina put on a socially-distanced live music show.December 17, 2020Watched a sunset with a dog. Gina's dog Daisy doesn't have a lot of fur.December 25, 2020Gina got me exactly what I wanted for Christmas. She heard me talk about More Zingers From The Hollywood Squares, I didn't know I was dropping a hint.December 27, 2020Gina and I went to the Chalmette Battlefield. I can't believe I'd never been.March 6, 2021Gina's show, Shape-Memory, officially opened today.March 20, 2021Walked with Gina and Daisy on the canal bank. Wearing our warm coats, kind of a rare thing in New Orleans.April 24, 2021My new band Golden Ray makes its rescheduled debut. Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps, only rescheduled.April 25, 2021My new band Golden Ray makes its re-re-scheduled debut. Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps, only rescheduled.May 25, 2021Went to a bonfire in the Lower Ninth Ward with a horse. Our friend is moving away but she had a little bonfire to let people say goodbye. And her horse came.May 28, 2021Saw some of Gina's work from college at the Ogden Museum Of Art. She made this in 1993.June 17, 2021Found a snazzy nest in Gina's yard. Had some of the same striped tarp fiber that was in the last snazzy nest I saw.June 19, 2021We took the bachelor out, and Gina found a kitten. It would be a great story if they had happened in the same place.August 28, 2021I took pictures of a wig shop on Market Street that looked about the same when I was in high school. Back then we wouldn't have felt comfortable taking pictures.September 10, 2021We had a big bonfire to burn up the post-Ida fallen limbs. I wanted a big fire and I got one.September 25, 2021Our trash got picked up and we were excited about it. Gina's trash hadn't been picked up since August 25, before Hurricane Ida.September 27, 2021We had a Monday evening bonfire at my place.September 30, 2021Found some dumped tires, got my labs done, got lunch, and watched a Bengals game at Markey's Bar.October 7, 2021I lost my leaf. Gina and I were eating breakfast at Satsuma on Burgundy Street, and she said "You have a leaf on your shirt." I saw that it was true, it was perched on my left shoulder.October 15, 2021Gina went to City Hall and sent me a picture of a map.October 18, 2021A raccoon tried to crash our bonfire.November 13, 2021Just another bonfire. I don't know why, I just like making a record of these.November 20, 2021Saw Quintron and Miss Pussycat in Arabi. The cops shut it down, it's a peaceful neighborhood.December 20, 2021Gina and I visited Holt Cemetery again. It's one of the most interesting places in New Orleans, though I guess you could say that about every graveyard.December 24, 2021Gina put up the traditional Christmas bamboo.December 25, 2021We had a Christmas bonfire at Gina's.December 25, 2021Gina gave buddy a cardboard scratcher for Christmas.February 10, 2022Another bonfire at Gina's, with our little friends. Oscar (who's not quite four) threatened us with "yummy soup and yummy alcohol".February 19, 2022I got some dwarf bottlebrush shrubs for Gina. The lady who sold them looked at me like I was too dumb to care for a plant.February 24, 2022Gina and I played analog Wordle. I had misplaced my phone but it was Wordle time so Gina set me up with the analog version.February 28, 2022We saw Whiskeybutt.March 1, 2022We had a great return to Mardi Gras. I hurt my foot though, and couldn't really walk the next day.March 12, 2022Went with Gina to see Lonnie Holley at the Music Box Village.March 13, 2022Went with Gina to the Bon Temps and played pool with friends from Florida.March 25, 2022Gina and I visited with Ben and Kathleen. I tried on Kathleen's Mardi Gras mask.March 26, 2022Went for a bike ride with Gina. We went about ten miles.April 1, 2022The Stacks and Rabbit Hatch play at Sidney's Saloon. It's a reunion for Rabbit Hatch, who last played in 2005.August 9, 2022I walked Daisy and we found an offering of rotting fruit.September 3, 2022I hung out with Happy Talk Band and other friends at Pirogue's.September 9, 2022Notes for September 9, 2022: I kept up my two-mile walks for another day.November 3, 2022I went to a bonfire and sat with a dog. Early November, cool enough for a bonfire.← Timeline index