Every now and then, the cover of a book just grabs your attention.   House on First Street by Julia Reed grabbed mine this week.

It is a story about a New York journalist who, when doing a piece on New Orleans, fell in love with the city, moving her base of operations.  This was Pre-Katrina, the hurricane that devastated much of New Orleans.  She fled, with her husband, to her parents’ house in Greenville, North Carolina, feeling bad that she left her adopted home behind.  After it was safe to go back, she helped feed the people before the government decided to lend a helping hand.  

It makes you think about how people can lean on each other in times of disaster.  Ms. Reed also made me appreciate the things around me more, my dealings with my friends, and hopefully vacationing in New Orleans, the “Big Easy”.