Well, I’ve been preoccupied with a very special, top-secret project. See the beautiful run-down cypress house in the photo above? I acquired this old cypress house in February of this year. The house was purchased “as is”, because it was sorely neglected, and I saw great potential. It is going to become Camp Dularge, a nightly…
It’s a very unusual thing for me to A)Turn the TV on at 4 in the afternoon B)Leave it on to watch Oprah Winfrey, but I did. A “tease” drew me in while folding clothes, so I fell for it. Everything happens for a reason, and I learned something I really needed to know. This…
and then a swarm. That’s how it is with life on the bayou. It seems there is never a dull moment. And maybe there are no dull moments in city or suburban life, but I suspect those moments are a little different from ours. After being sick, living out of ice chests for 5 days,…
Well, we do, and it’s that time of year again. Signs have cropped up all over town touting “Live Crawfish $1.50 per pound”, which is very much a first-of-the-season price. Near the end of the season, the price will go down to as low as $.49 a pound. You must understand the culture, though. Predominantly…
I played Jo the plumber today. Remember her from that old TV show, “Green Acres”? And it works! I don’t think I was ever so happy to see fire in my life! Go girl power! Oh, and the muscles of my 20-year-old-son, who helped me hoist it into the closet and manhandle all the other…
Disjointed. That’s how I have felt since January 29th. I believe that is a whole month. And today is that special day that no child really wants to be born. Wonder how many have been born since midnight last night? I’m off to appointments in town and am trusting the water heater will magically appear…