This note was tucked into the last page of a photo album Dotter and MuzicMan gave Miah for his birthday. In that album were photos of their first trip to Disney last February–Dotter, MuzicMan, Miah and Termite. The note was a December calendar, with a countdown from his birthday to today . . . You…
A zombie was seen roaming the streets in a local subdivision, frightening everyone in his path. Witnesses say he was doing something akin to the “Thriller Dance”. When asked what he was doing, he groaned something about a soldier and a gun. This image was captured on hidden camera . . . It appears the…
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,…
Background: “It ain’t much, but it’s ours,” aptly applies to our family home of the past 13 years. The story of how we came to rest on Bayou Dularge from Bayou Grand Caillou by way of Bayou Black, is a long one that won’t be told here. Home is where the heart is, and for…
Every fall, one of the things I look forward to is the arrival of the brown pelicans, our state bird. The other is the arrival of the eagles. After returning from a recent fishing trip, this guy performed a water dance for me in hopes of getting me to toss him some fish remains. I…
My olfactory nerves were on overload as the smell of boiled eggs emanated from the rich, brown soup that swirled around the canoe. It’s not a smell altogether offensive, not reeking solely of death and decomposition, but a dark earthy scent exuding both life and death. Some folks would say the water is just stagnant;…