This was true in the woods of Minnesota, the “big water” of commerce and industry throughout the middle of the country, and the deep swamps of Louisiana. Our best days were the spontaneous long weekend we spent with hunters during the deer opener in the Atchafalaya

I actually think this trip gave me insight that years of graduate training in environmental sociology could not…about the ways people are shaped by land and waterscapes. How our sense of place is entangled with who we are and how we relate to one another.