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...
In case you haven't gotten enough of the bayou…
…here is an interview I did with Ben Morris on the history of the Bayou St. John, as part of Pelican Bomb's series on power and public...
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....
FLUNG ROSES AND STOPLIGHT GRAVEYARDS
After a long hiatus, bayou posts are back! I know you’ve been waiting on tenterhooks…. After four months of more general Bayou St. John...
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...
BAYOU BEAVER TAKEN ON JOYRIDE
It’s not surprising that in researching historic New Orleans through the lens of its most prominent newspaper, one doesn't hear about...
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...
