At this stage of life, I truly don’t expect to have new experiences with people. I feel like I’ve been there and experienced all the nuances where people are concerned; but Tuesday morning’s swamp tour proved me wrong, and I was a passenger, not the captain.How in the world did I spend the day in…
BUT NO RUNNING WATER. The water company, Consolidated Waterworks, shut off our water supply yesterday afternoon WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER. Is that normal? I mean, really, is it? I, and thousands of other bayou residents, are livid, and can you blame us? Had we received an emergency warning, we would have at least made preparations,…
Because way down here in coastal Louisiana, it has been doing so since 8:15 this morning. It started off slowly, with high winds blowing big flakes across the landscape from the north. Now, some five hours later, the wind has died down, the flakes are very tiny and drifting quietly straight down rather than sideways….
Hello my dear friends! It’s almost the end of the year and I’m ending it with a blog post of the best new version of an old standard: Banana Pudding. However, this time, the recipe is not mine, it’s one Dotter threw together for our family gathering this past Saturday, and it was an absolute…
A big bayou hello to everyone! If you’ve been searching for just the right cornbread dressing recipe, search no more. It has been tried and proven in our family for over ten years. Because our family is all now spread out, I’m pleased to say that at least two of my children will also…
I guess you could say this post is sort of a test–a test to see if the Social Distance Police will come and take me away and a test to see if posting regularly on Instagram and Facebook has damaged the traffic to my actual blog posts. I don’t think the police will come get…