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Basically, you’ve seen the damage and repair of Camp Dularge. Now it’s time to take a peek into what’s been going on “down the bayou” at our home since BB arrived. You see, BB is a much younger and more energetic woman than I. So she drove herself here from Mississippi to build a little…

How is concrete made?
This is the site that greeted me when I drove up to the concrete plant today to pay my bill for the concrete tomorrow. Piles of sand, pea gravel, and limestone. Then along came this big front end loader and . . . dumped a load of limstone in the hopper . . . and…

One Extraordinary Spider
Dolomedes tenebrosus derives its name from the Greek for “wily” and the Latin for “dark.” We call this three-inch spider, one of the largest in Louisiana, the dark fishing spider. The conniving arachnid can be found lurking in the swamps, on the trunks of the bald cypress and tupelo gum near the edge of the water,…

Dirty Rice and Field Peas
Okay, to some of you, dirty rice smacks of disgust–picturing rice you scooped up off the floor and used again, right? And what the heck are field peas, anyway? I mean, how generic can a pea be, right?
A meme from me to you!
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…
Contest – Just adjusting, not crawfishing!
We all have been waiting patiently to see how this contest would fall out, and I can tell you it’s been something akin to herding cats.