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PLEASE REMOVE YOUR LITTER – Mighty Quapaw Mississippi River Flood 2011 Cleanup Aftermath
Bringing in trash by Stand Up Paddleboard. Montezuma Landing By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE ( aka John Ruskey ) I have been thinking about the question -- Why...
After The Flood – Driftwood Johnnies Lower Mississippi River Dispatch
Bereaved Fishing Camp with highwater mark halfway up its walls. Photo by Delta Bohemian John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoe Company By Driftwood Johnnie Ruskey Congrats to...
Driftwood Johnnie – aka Delta Bohemian John Ruskey – is featured in the Oxford American SoLost: Flood Zen
A wild pig running across the only remaining sand in 300 miles of river -- see the splash in the middle of the silhouettes. Photo by...
Mississippi River Dispatch 2011 Flood Update No 3 from Driftwood Johnnie
Leland Neck -- the only remaining sand in 300 miles of river! After 2 days and paddling 200 miles in the canoe we have a chance...
Water Matters
This is the closest to flying I'll ever get. A squirrel's eye view of the big basket Oak on the Low Road. May 11 Mississippi River...
Highwater’s Rising Report from Driftwood Johnnie
By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIEY’all, its happening, this is exactly what the US Army Corps of Engineers has created the greatest levee system in the world to protect us from -- they...
Juke Joint Love
By WILLIAM PRENTISS It had been over a year to no avail. Simone and Darryl never met, even then. She had been on stage and he had been hungrily eyeing...
A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins
A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins By POOR WILLIAM The legendary Grammy-winning blues pianist Willie “Pinetop” Perkins died Monday, March 21, 2011, in Austin, TX. Pinetop was slated to attend his...
Sunflower River Expedition: Take a journey with us
A Sunflower River Expedition!An excerpt taken from John Ruskey's update Keith Plunkett -- Lucy’s Revenge: 2 Days on a Sunflower River Expedition "We hosted Keith & Sharon Plunkett and their...
327-Pound Alligator Gar? That Ain’t Nuthin’!
POOR WILLIAM'S WHIMS: 327-Pound Alligator Gar? That Ain't Nuthin'! By POOR WILLIAM Mississippi might not be number one or even number 49 in education, but I’ll be damned if we...
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