Watt Key
A Kid's Best Friend
Across the blacktop from my childhood home in Point Clear is a vast wetland of tall pines, briars and pitcher plants. When I was nine years old, ...
The New Old Point Clear
I suddenly find myself at the age where I’m telling my kids “how it used to be when I was growing up.” I remember when my father and grandfather...
A Swamp Writer's Guide to the Delta
I’ve been going into the the Mobile-Tensaw Delta swamps for nearly 20 years now. I built a camp, made friends with the swamp people and wrote about it....
Back to the Muck
The first time I met my neighbor Ace, he told me he was going to kill me. He never did, and eventually I got to be...
Seen and Heard about the Delta
Swamp Bandit “Me and Carla was up late one night. I stepped outside to pee. I thought I heard somethin’, and I looked off in the...
Diesel Upgrade
All swamp men eventually feel the urge to upgrade to diesel. “Why do you need it?” my wife asked me. “All the swamp people have diesel generators....
Airboats in the Night
I liken Jack’s airboat to a magnolia leaf with an airplane prop attached. He sits on the high chair directly in front of the propeller cage and patiently...
Deltona 500
Chickory Creek is one of the most beautifully isolated and forgotten creeks in the Delta: narrow, shallow passage, choked with buggy whips, cattails and Indian...
The Christmas Gift
December in the Delta can be windswept, cold and lonely. At times, this is exactly what I’m looking for. During the Christmas holidays, I went...
Swamp Jokes
No swamp full of men is free of practical jokes — at least no swamp worth visiting. In my bag of tricks, in a close tie with the...