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Roy Blount Jr. Walks on the Wild Side

A local’s daily observations—and exotic animal encounters—in New Orleans’ French Quarter

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Roy Blount Jr. Rescues One Chunk of Louisiana at a Time

Doing whatever it takes to save (part of) our planet

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Roy Blount Jr. Keeps it Simple

A passionate plea for a simpler plate of food

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Roy Blount Jr. Follows His Paper Trail

A few words on words from the past

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Roy Blount Jr. Reaches New Lows

For one Southerner, shrinking stature is more than a matter of inches

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Roy Blount Jr. Mans His Compost

Behind every good gardener is a homemade dirt heap

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Roy Blount Jr. Reads the Fine Print

Looking between the lines in New Orleans

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When Life Hands Roy Blount Jr. Abe Lemons

Remembering a “Southern” original

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Roy Blount Jr. Grabs Life by the Collards

Arriving at a truce between leafy greens

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Roy Blount Jr. Reaches a Big One

A few choice words about Father Time

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Roy Blount Jr.’s War of Worms

A thoughtful study on worms, from gardening partners to backyard foes

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Roy Blount Jr.’s Diamond Dreams

The hall of fame induction speech
that might have been

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Roy Blount Jr.’s Mosquito Quandaries

A piercing discussion on the point of mosquitoes

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Roy Blount Jr. Goes Whole Hogwash

Getting to the bottom of a linguistic trough

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Roy Blount Jr. Gets His Goats

Not feeling sheepish about the barnyard Billy

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Play Ball!

Recollections from spring on the diamond

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Crazy for Croquettes

Getting to the meat of a beloved salmon dish—and Faulkner

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Marooned!

The truth about desert-island “getaways”

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Stop That Weed!

Protecting a courtyard from an unsightly intruder

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Can You Be Immune to Dance Fever?

Ruminating on a reluctance to boogie