Living Rootless

All that was left of the chocolate-dipped crawtators on the table was this sign: Crawtators sign, Lafayette Artwalk, Louisiana, Decembe...

Bosque Redondo Memorial , Fort Sumner, New Mexico What is luck?  Yes, I know there are those who espouse the " everything happ...

Movie : Beasts of the Southern Wild Provenance : Filmed in Terrebone Parish , Louisiana. A film about a tight, isolated community in Lou...

Half of Paradise cover, Pocket Books. Found: Bill Crider Book : Half of Paradise Author : James Lee Burke Author's provenan...

The Long Walk, by C Ortiz. Bosque Redondo Memorial, Fort Sumner, New Mexico What is the Bosque de Redondo Memorial? Bosque de Red...

Now taking Christmas Eve gumbo orders: Lafayette, Louisiana. I bet you think Champagne's is pronounced like " sham - pane ...

White Sands, Alamogordo, New Mexico I read here that an Alamogordo photographer, Rachel Telles, has produced a book on photos from W...

Lafayette library, temporary Jefferson Street branch, Lafayette, Louisiana. Paintings above are the work of Logan Berard . Lafayette...

Sad to say, the annual Festival of Lights at the Oil Center was a bust. Rainy, cold, wet. Hardly anyone was there. A business owner told ...

Lake Fausse Point State Park, Louisiana. November 2013. From a visit to Lake Fausse Point State Park in late November: Lake Faus...

When I moved to Alamogordo , I thought I knew what I wanted: A second-floor apartment. I didn't get that second-floor apartment, and ...

The other day I was standing in the check-out line at a big-box store in Lafayette. On the cornice at the front of the store, facing into ...

At the first Louisiana visitor center I hit after crossing over from Mississippi, the greeter mentioned that northern Louisiana was differe...

Truman Building parking lot, Jefferson City, Missouri "I just kept plying away like a termite on your house, .... My drive was m...

Bananas in light, St. Louis, Missouri Whenever I enter my new apartment in Lafayette, I feel good. It’s a petite package. Feels co...

The title says it all, really. Food Had lunch at the Steakhouse Tavern with a walking partner – took this photo of part of the ...

Laundry day, Rustavi, Caucasus Georgia. August 2011. I dislike having to use a laundromat. Although one can pass the time at a laund...

In 2010 , I spent Thanksgiving in Playa del Carmen, Mexico , where I was taking a CELTA course. A beautiful day, with a visit from my m...

Louisiana trinity: Onions, celery, bell peppers Sweet potato patties Two-pound bags of the Louisiana trinity: chopped mix of ...

As I settle into Lafayette, the contrast with Alamogordo is marked, with one exception. The differences Alamogordo --> S un,...