A Trip to Avery Island

When I was a kid, I had such a hankering for salt that I would steal my....


Angels In Our Midst

How might we surrender to our place in the vast cosmos, the strange mix....


Map Overlay

(this is the first of a two-part report on my visit to Morganza; the second part can be found here) Kathe Hambrick, April 3, 2022 "If you want to explore the history of African American communities along the Mississippi River, the absolute....


Its Own Time

Serving as a congregational minister, most of the time I must prepare a....


Visiting the Whitney Plantation, part two

All over the plantation, there are artifacts and there is art. the....


Visiting the Whitney Plantation (part one)

Leaving New Orleans this morning, I spent several hours today at the Whitney Plantation, on my way to Baton Rouge. The Whitney Plantation is the first former-plantation that has been turned in a museum that focuses solely on the experience of the....


Happy April Fools Day?

Queen Creole It had been suggested to me that I might want to consider....


Looking Back, Moving Forward

My spirit got fed. O! Did my spirit get fed. It wasn’t one of the....


What’s the Weather Like?

I have safely arrived in New Orleans.  I took the requisite photo of my feet at the airport, a strange ritual I began doing about a decade ago. I don’t remember how I started it. I am thinking it must have been after I acquired my first....


Getting Ready

There are a number of ways that I have been getting ready for this....