The Route Home, 1907 – part 1 of 2
It’s been months since I discovered the McNeese Collection of vintage photos of Lake Charles, … Read more
The Mockingbird Record
I’ve been procrastinating for years writing this story down, mainly because I’ve written it already, … Read more
Leaving Cajun Country for Lake Charles: 1907-08
My grandmother grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the last port town in southwest Louisiana … Read more
We’re back! – Digging for pennies and finding diamonds
JOY!… The site’s arduous resurrection has finally happened. Wasting no time, I’m gonna dive right … Read more
Coffee, a Kitten, and Poison Ivy Everywhere: a Thibodeaux Assemblage Sculpture
top – Burlap sack fragment “Café do Brasil” . . . 1930s newspaper fragment and … Read more
Moss in the Mattress, History on the Wall: a Thibodeaux Assemblage Sculpture
Left – chenille bedspread, green & white piece of patchwork quilt both folded between two … Read more
Renovation is now a Reconstruction for the Small Screen
… which ranks about a 9.7 on my “I’m-too-old-for-this-techy-mess”-o-meter. DIYFASP is phasing out its interaction … Read more
Two Verandahs and an Ice Box: a Thibodeaux Assemblage Sculpture
verandah column, ice box door, Eastlake Victorian millwork features – one of many sections of a sculpture using artifacts excavated from the post-Civil War homestead of a white Acadian sugar cane farmer and the ex-slave woman he raised 8 children with during and after the Civil War, then married on his deathbed in 1893.
The Thibodeaux Assemblage Sculpture; Progress Through 3 Years of Upheaval
Last I wrote of the Thibodeaux sculpture, in the summer of 2015, I had just … Read more
The Thélèsphore Thibodeaux house, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
For 35 years, I have been walking past this abandoned gem to get to my … Read more