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Bible, King Louisiana Version.

20-May-14

http://koolkoncepts.com/air-conditioning/ac-tune-up/ This is actually a pretty good transcription of the way people talk in Louisiana, where there is no distinction between “fine” and “find.”  But I’ll note the full transcription should be “Who fahn may, fahn lahf.”

Next Brush With the Law, and, Where West Virginia’s Mountains Go.

19-May-14

Spárti The eastbank of the river is not heavily developed in Plaquemines Parish, but periodically along the river you will see chain-link fence behind which sit large industrial complexes; I saw a grain elevator that smelled like Honey Nut Cheerios, pouring grain directly into a tanker ship: no packaging, just grain dumped straight onto seabound steel. […]

Pointe a la Hache.

17-May-14

I landed on the eastbank and immediately the place was different. It was quiet here – no highway, and indeed, no people. There was a structure, right across from the ferry landing, which was actually old – somehow or other an old wooden house had survived the hurricanes. It was abandoned, mind you, but it […]