THE SPANISH FORT AND ITS MANY HATS
In learning recently of a 2013 archaeological dig at the colloquially termed “Spanish Fort” site on Bayou St. John, my fascination with...
CASCADES OF ENERGY: A WHIMSICAL TAKE
These Bayou St. John: A Brief History posts have become a way for the two sides of my writing life to converge: the history and the...
CLAM SHELLS AND WHITE MAN PRATTLE
In a fluid, rockless, ever-shifting landscape—formed by the warring forces of sediment accretion and subsidence—elevation is everything....
ADVENTURES IN CAJUN COUNTRY
This past weekend, my #1 travel companion (and everyday companion) Lauren Gauthier and I took a trip to south-central Louisiana, passing...
A BUNDLE OF GATOR PARTS: NO BIG DEAL
Fun fact: the historic blue-tinted bridge we all call the Cabrini bridge (above), built some time in the mid 19th century, was for many...
HATCHETS, SLEEPWALKERS, AND DRUNKEN BEARS
More Times-Picayune gems for your perusal, culled from my Bayou St. John research on the Times-Picayune Historical database this past...
FIREWORKS, PANTALOONS, AND STRANGE DUELS
And now for some completely disparate events, united only by location (but come on: location is everything). From The Times-Picayune, May...
BAYOU BIKE RIDE
Over the weekend, my best-adventure-companion Lauren Gauthier and I took a bike ride from the bottom of the bayou to the top. That is,...
