Will Go To Jail For Lorde
An excerpt from a minute in Mike Mahers brain Dear Diary, Spring is here and that means among the annual migration of birds, rain and pastel colored shorts is Jazz Fest, bringing the usual litany of Jimmy Buffett and Jimmy Buffett-esque performers in large text on top of the likely more deserving small text performers…
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April 27, 2017
A Living Fossil
by Emma Reid If you are kayaking with us you may pull up some long stringy water weeds on your paddle that is commonly called coontail, since it oddly resembles a racoon’s tail. Well, believe it or not that aquatic plant is most closely related to the world’s oldest flowering plant to be discovered, at around 130…
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April 21, 2017
Bird Watching: The Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
Where to find the Black-Bellied Whistling Duck We’re excited about whistling ducks around here, no question. To start, their recent return to the southern Louisiana swamps has improved our daily cornucopia of birdsongs immensely. This is yet another example of the key function our wetlands play in the yearly migratory path of several hundred north…
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April 7, 2017
Don’t Buy Her Roses!
You might be asking yourself “What to do on Valentine’s day in New Orleans?” That is an easy question to answer! As long as you are not asking “What to get her on Valentine’s Day?” Your mind is in the right place. A lot of studies have shown that activities create longer-lasting memories than gifting…
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February 16, 2015