Picture of the Day: Choctaw Island
Along the lower Mississippi River, somewhere around mile 564 (photo taken April 2015). See more photos here. Choctaw Island; lower Mississippi River mile 564-ish
Foggy Days
Fog can envelop the Mississippi Valley any time of year, but there's something especially magical about those fall mornings when the air is colder than the water and wisps of mist drift up from the river. Those are the mornings I reach for a heavy jacket, fill my thermos with fresh coffee, and pick a spot to
Picture of the Day: Canoe Camp in the Morning Fog
Early morning camp on the Arkansas shore, across the river from Greenville, MS (photo taken April 2015). See more photos here. Early morning camp on the Arkansas bank of the Mississippi River
Picture of the Day: Sunrise Near Greenville MS
My first sunrise on the lower Mississippi River; shot from the Arkansas bank across the river from Greenville, Mississippi (photo taken Apr 2015). See more photos here. Sunrise on the Lower Mississippi River
Song of the Day: The Sunken Lands by Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash has a fine new CD out--The River and the Thread--inspired in large part by a trip back to the family homeland in the Mississippi Delta. This song in particular, The Sunken Lands, speaks to life along the Mississippi River, focusing on the area around Dyess, Arkansas where the Cash family established itself during