Speck-tacular Fun!
It was a beautiful day watching the shrimp jump and the gulls dive. Only thing better than that was watching our Cantaloupe Pogeaux Pops go down, down, down. We ended the day with a box full of trout and tired arms!


It was a beautiful day watching the shrimp jump and the gulls dive. Only thing better than that was watching our Cantaloupe Pogeaux Pops go down, down, down. We ended the day with a box full of trout and tired arms!


When I relocated to south Louisiana at the adventurous age of 23, the celebration of Mardi (Tuesday) Gras (fat) had not yet made its way to the streets of Bossier City or Shreveport, my old stomping grounds. And because my family wasn’t Catholic, I was pretty clueless about Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday and Lent….
Coastal Welding’s office in Houma, LA, where I was to sign up for the roustabout position, was dingy, with walls the color of cigarette smoke. Decked out in my painter’s pants, chambray work shirt, and steel-toed boots, the industrial feel of the place fuelled my enthusiasm. Behind the desk sat a very short, rather pudgy,…
2016 has arrived down the bayou in all its rainy glory. Finally, a little cold weather, which would be much more appreciated if it had come without the rain and the warnings of impending floods. So, while you’re all cuddled up, your cabbage and black-eyed peas consumed, ready to bring you good luck and fortune,…
It’s that time again. The time you’ve all been waiting for since this same time last week. It’s name this flower time! I swear I just heard about 100 of you giggle with glee. OK, well, I was fantasizing again, but it never hurts to dream big. Here is the flower . . . There…
BW is cooking her way through La. Fish Fry Mixes. Come see what she cooked this week!
Okay, so I haven’t been blogging every day or even every other day. I’m here, late at night, before I lay my weary head down, to ask your forgiveness. . . . and to report just a glimpse of what I’ve been up to this week, besides managing Camp Dularge. I managed to get in…