Atchafalaya Houseboat
My Years in the Louisiana Swamp
by Gwen Roland/Photographs by CC Lockwood
From NPR.org:
In the 1970s, Gwen Carpenter Roland was about to start work on her doctorate when she decided instead to live off the land -- and water -- in the Atchafalaya River Basin Swamp in south-central Louisiana.
With a box of crayons and the book How to Build Your Home in the Woods, Roland and her then-partner, Calvin Voisin, built a houseboat on a barge. They lived there for six years, with no electricity and no running water.
Read more, listen to the interview, see more of CC Lockwood's photographs HERE
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2 comments:
Thank you so much for posting this. I've never been much of a blog fan but I enjoy yours and have come to look forward to your updates. This book has a really beautiful wistfulness to it - in all the pictures she has a look that's familiar to me - as if she's already two steps into the future, looking back over her shoulder...
Best wishes from a kindred spirit in Fleetwood, NY
EMILY-
Thanks so much. I am glad to hear you enjoy the blog..and enjoyed this post. It really was a delightful read..and the photographs just make it all the more delightful. :)
Amy
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