WHAT LIES BENEATH backyard archaeology in New Orleans by Jeffrey Chitek New Orleans has a long history by new world standards…an obvious statement. One can find this history in plain site…in the architecture and the streets, in the food and callused hands. The thick river air still reeks of a time past. But many secrets…
A list of things not to do in the swamp for the most enjoyable experience and also your general safety. by Jeffrey Chitek I’ve taken thousands of people, (of widely varying intelligence) from all over the world into the swamps of Louisiana. Fortunately, no one has been seriously injured, as I am a savant…
Kayaking Guide Meme 
I would switch around squares 1 and 2 and the “what I actually do” box is obviously way off base but otherwise this is a funny meme I guess. Guiding tours through the swamp makes my mother worry sick. I picture her being…
Frady’s One Stop There are very few places in the Bywater that have the neighborhood charm comparable to Frady’s One Stop Food Store. It’s basically a crowded hallway with a counter and a kitchen, but is a vital organ of the community. Their kitchen serves the classics; po-boys, beans and rice, macaroni, pork chops, dirty…
Benefits of Kayaking Interview of The Great Jeffrey Chitek by Abbey Wise Do you know of any physical or mental benefits of kayaking? I am not a health freak at all. I love red meat and I live in Louisiana, one of our nation’s fattest states, with the temptation of fried chicken and lard baked…
A Louisiana summer in swamp photo color. by Ross Baringer The American alligator is undoubtedly the most famous resident of Louisiana swamps. Hollywood has given this animal a monstrous reputation, and while it is a dangerous predator it tends not to be aggressive. Alligator attacks are rare. 
Southern Louisiana ‘Our natural history in verse’ by Josh Jack A land shaped in a welter of silt and mud churned from the heart of the continent by the Mighty Mississippi: gouged by rivers, bayous, and canals, and stitched together by the knees of the Bald Cypress. When the floods came they heaped and scoured…
New Orleans to Baton Rouge by Kayak In March of 2017 a small crew of adventurers, assembled by swamp guide and filmmaker Ross Baringer, will embark on a 100 mile expedition to journey from Baton Rouge to New Orleans entirely by water. The crew will paddle kayaks and canoes through some of the most beautiful…
My name is Ray Swaney and I live to create art, representative, surreal, cubist, and completely abstract. I am also a poster designer, and a slam poet. Feel free to check out my online art blog for some art, poetry, and large temporal gaps between blog entries. Cheers
