A wasted day . . .
The delivery truck broke down, but no one bothered to inform me until I called at 4 p.m.
Still no hot water, and I’ll find something good to post about as soon as I can.
The delivery truck broke down, but no one bothered to inform me until I called at 4 p.m.
Still no hot water, and I’ll find something good to post about as soon as I can.
Some of you are still experiencing snow. I can’t even imagine that. And I certainly wouldn’t want to make you feel worse . . . but look what Termite and I discovered while we stacked some wood behind the shed today . . . Wild berries intertwined with purple vetch. Now, the question is, did…
Who says so? Annie Oakley, that’s who. Quite the contrary, I found about a dozen men with guns this past weekend. On a whim, I did a search for those old lyrics, the tune running through my mind, and was quite entertained by the verses. She didn’t say she couldn’t FIND a man with a…
La Toussaint, along with Le Jour des Morte, or All Souls Day, are not traditions with which I was familiar when I moved to bayou country back in 1978. Even now, because I’m not Catholic, I had to ask my Catholic friends questions about their origin and meaning.
First, hold the head with one hand, and hold the tail with the other, and twist the head off (or the tail, whichever you prefer!!). Next, suck the head and discard on your pile. This next step can be done two ways. This photo shows the way the amateurs do it. Holding the tail, peel…
Why in the world, you might ask, do intelligent people travel hundreds of miles to see these birds as they arrive on the coast of Louisiana? The best reason I can come up with is because it’s their only chance to see as many as 400 bird species in one small geographic location before they…
I’m sure today you are too full of smothered cabbage and black-eyed peas and cornbread to be tempted by this post, but one day you will hopefully be inspired to grill up some fillets or fry some whole fish, the old-fashioned pan-fried way.