RECOGNIZING THE ART OF FINE PHOTOGRAPHY
Yours Truly in a Swamp
by
Leonard Earl Johnson
Les Amis de Marigny,
New Orleans in Exile
December 2005

“Christmas in New Orleans is not like
going over the river to grandmother’s
house.“
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.
It was not my lips you kissed,but my soul.
Judy Garland

The club on Saint Charles Avenue has tried all
season (with little success) to coax yuletide spirit
from inebriated patrons. Above the mahogany
bar dangle sparkling six-inch blue snowflakes,
and a toy gray helicopter lifting refugees off a
blue-tarp roof.  


The lone bartender has tethered each by an
invisible thread. He also sports a red stocking cap,
with cotton around the rim and silver bells dangling
from its tapered tip.

Still, the stars hang limp and the bartender looks
weary as Papa Noel after dashing across Big Swamp
City distributing favors and rescuing the hopeless.

I have come to this dreary bar to meet an old friend
just arrived aboard The City of New Orleans from
Chicago, that broad-shouldered city on the other
end of the Amtrak line. He has been riding – as a
dedicated fan – with Arlo Guthrie, on his “City of New
Orleans Tour,” stopping along the way giving
concerts and raising money to buy instruments for
New Orleans post-Katrina musicians. Tonight, we
plan on hearing Guthrie and Willie Nelson at Tipatina’
s.

I spot him at the end of the bar, overdressed and
over-served. New Orleans' temperatures have
flirted with eighty
                                           Cont...


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Americans Who Tell the Truth  

A collection of portraits & quotes.
Paintings by Robert Shetterly

Portrait of Cindy Sheehan
(Click on picture to enlarge)Robert,

Correspondence with the artist,  Robert Shetterly.
You are linked: Here:  http://www.lenny-jaeger.com/links.html
and at the top of my index page.  The link on weblink page will remain indefinitly.
I just finished Eisenhower and read Cindys' Song.  I left a comment.  You have published at the right
time in history.  Never have I been so impressed and never have tears welled up in my eyes so many
times.  The nation is crying and the tears won't stop soon.  Thanks for verifying the cause for tears
over our great nation.  I will buy your book, "Americans Who Tell The Truth" and someday if you get
this way, you can sign it for me.  You are very gifted and it is an honor to hold this correspondence
with you.
lenny

Robert Shetterly <rshetterly@prexar.com> wrote:
Dear Lenny,
I'd be honored. Please provide a link to www.americanswhotellthetruth.org.
I'd appreciate that. Thanks for asking.
All the best, Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Lenny Jaeger
To: rshetterly@prexar.com
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:49 AM
Subject: Cindy Sheehan Portrait

Mr Shetterly,
Never have I cried before when looking at a portrait.  The message is so clear.
I beg your indulgence in permitting me to publish this Great American Portrait on my website.
The message is so clear and it screams out for attention.  What a great American this lady is.
Your article on CommonDreams .org was so discriptive of the soul of Cindy.  I would like to publish it
with Cindys' portrait, if you please.
lenny
http://www.lenny-jaeger.com/
Links Page:
NOLAblogs.com
Emmett and Wanda have
ministered in the United States of
America. At this time their
ministry spans to South and
Central America, and Europe.
Emmett and Wanda are willing to
go wherever God sends!
Emmett and Wanda Pillault sing Christian music!
clic pic
Lenny,
Thank you.  Of course you may link to
www.LEJ.org I would be honored.
Yours truly in a Swamp,
LEJ
This is my much loved cousin and his loving wife Wanda.
This year (2010) Emmett went home to his Heavenly Father.
Our loss is Heavens gain.
He was a wonderous MAN OF GOD.
Good-bye Em
For only a short while.
(Before finding his way to God, Em was a vocalist and musician.
He was a top-notch entertainer and then a top-notch Christian Minister.
Early in his career he played in the Dr John Band.
He played under the name of Emmett James.)