A Little Patch of Blue

I set out to a work site near Citronelle, Alabama on a chilly but sunny morning. Perfect digging weather. The landowner left the gate open for me, so no shimmying under barbed wire… Continue reading →

I’m not weird…

…I’m a Northeasterner! My family moved a lot growing up and I continued the vagabond lifestyle into adulthood.  When people ask me where I’m from I’ll often just answer with the last place… Continue reading →

Louisiana- full of bugs

  This guy hung out on a bush in my back yard for a few days. Apparently they pierce other bugs with their long, tube-like mouths, inject them with their toxic flesh-liquifying saliva,… Continue reading →

On the Road: Montgomery, Alabama

Yep. It’s real. You can get it at the Railyard Brewing Company in downtown Montgomery and wash it down with a local beer. Sit at the bar and share it with strangers.

On the Road: Jackson, Mississippi

Photos: Springfield, LA

A Beer to Call My Own…

It seems more and more people these days are making their own home brews and we were toying with the idea of trying it ourselves. But, where do you even get the ingredients?… Continue reading →

Eunice, LA

My schedule’s a little tight. I make a sad face as I whiz past weird road stops, little local museums and antique shops. Sometimes I pretend I have those cool Google glasses and… Continue reading →

On the Road: Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City’s airport is the Will Rogers Airport. A few quotes from Will Rogers: It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so. Good judgement… Continue reading →

On the Road: Vacherie

One can find the old Desire Plantation in Vacherie. It is one of the last structures associated with the historic perique tobacco business in Louisiana. Perique tobacco is cured and fermented in a… Continue reading →