FANTASIES OF HISTORY-SIFTING
In 2013, as part of FEMA’s Environmental and Historic Preservation program, archaeologists conducted a dig at the colloquially-named...
NOT-SO-SECRET VOODOO CEREMONIES
From Wikimedia Commons: 1920 painting of Marie Laveau (1794–1881) by Frank Schneider, based on an 1835 painting by George Catlin. Source:...
SEARCHING FOR A GHOST TRENCH
Last weekend, I went searching for a bayou’s ghost. When the French arrived on the scene back at the end of the 17th century, a small...
