A LOVE LETTER TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
Lake Pontchartrain, I’ve underestimated you. Or at least largely ignored you while I’ve lived in New Orleans—and you know what, it’s my...
PEACE PIPES AND CONFESSIONS
In continuing research on the Bayou St. John’s prehistory, I’m often overwhelmed by all that we don’t know. 2,600 years of Native...
BONE BEDS AND BACKSWAMP
First of all, I want to thank NolaVie ​for including my bayou blog posts on their site going forward! I am honored to be presented...
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....
