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Tegan Wendland from WRKF and I drove down to Isle de Jean Charles in Terrebonne Parish yesterday. Martin Environmental Solutions, America’s Wetland Trust and the United Houma Nation were all pitching in to try to save some of the rapidly … Continue reading
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With a tropical storm moving in from the Gulf, the marsh fire in New Orleans may soon be a thing of the past. Marsh fires are not uncommon, as counter-intuitive as this may seem. They are even more likely … Continue reading
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“Tucked away in the pine forests north of Covington, La. lies St. Joseph Abbey – a Benedictine monastery that houses 45 monks who have devoted their lives to prayer. In 2007, the monastery built a state-of-the art woodworking shop. … Continue reading
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—Original, straight out of the camera You can click on any of the images in the body of the post to scroll through and compare. Dappled light falls through a canopy of trees, tinting everything in a sunny, green … Continue reading
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A portrait of Atchafalaya Basin Keeper, Dean Wilson, taken somewhere in the swamp west of Bayou Sorrel. This guy and this organization are doing the hard, detailed work of recording and preserving one of Louisiana’s greatest and most threatened … Continue reading
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A woman was shot and killed a few doors around the corner from me on Friday morning. Anyone who follows my blog or other writing knows that I love this strange old neighborhood that I live it. Twelve years … Continue reading
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Writer and commentator Alex Cook interviewed Blues legend and the eponymous owner of Teddy’s Juke Joint for 89.3 WRKF, Public Radio. Check out his audio piece here. Great stuff. Teddy can tell a story. I went along to take … Continue reading
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[click image for larger view] “In the middle of a sugar cane field near Paincourtville, Louisiana, a 7,200′ exploratory oil and gas well blew last week. The well is gushing a brown mix of oil and gas over sixty feet … Continue reading
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photo by Chloe Chloe over at Shoplifting in a Ghost Town went to a celebration of the Hindu festival Holi in New York and took some pictures. Spring festivals are great whether it is purple, gold and green beads, dyed … Continue reading