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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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