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Way down the river, dow past Point a La Hache, lies this old house. The painting on the front reads “I’m back!“, and “Need Water“, “Need Food.” It was a long time before help came down that way, and a lot just never came back. Of course, even many who came back after Katrina, never … Read more
I don’t know why I’m so intent on writing up this little road trip I took, but I am. The land has changed so much in the last few years, and actually seeing it surprised me. (Here’s a great site on Visiting St. Bernard Parish, which is a part of the drive I took. However, … Read more
Well, it’s back to our dramatic, exciting and revealing tale of life along the mighty Mississippi. In case you had forgotten all about it, or are just tuning in, we’re travelling along the river, to the south of New Orleans. When last we met, we had just passed up Jack Dempsey’s on Poland Avenue. Right … Read more
I hate to interrupt the highly interesting and relevant photo journey I had started just the other day but, you see, I must. I’m visiting family in Birmingham and had a highly interesting day. Cousin Pat helped bring great clarity to my family’s assorted photo albums, for starters. A highlight today was the Who Shot … Read more
Last week on my ‘day off’, which is opposed to my ‘alleged day off’, which is what it’s called when we’re really busy, I took a drive downriver. Speaking of which, a lot of people get resentful when Priest’s talk about their day off, and say thing like “I wish *I* had a day off!” … Read more