

BSJ's STUBBORN SHIPYARDS
In the 1920s and ‘30s, thanks in no small part to the New Deal, Bayou St. John got a huge makeover. No more mudflats and sunken garbage!...


A BRIDGE'S MANY LIVES
Did you know that the historic, blue-tinted bridge spanning Bayou St. John across from Cabrini High School—colloquially referred to as...


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...


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...