I arrived in the Southern States last Thursday, landing in Baton Rouge to attend the Louisiana book festival over the weekend, before heading North up Highway 61 to Mississippi, where I will be spending the majority of my 3 month stay to work on my project in Clarksdale. This is now my third trip in just over a year, and it feels good to be here for a while this time. Here's a few photos from the past week as a little taster of some of the places I've been to/things I've seen...
Storm approaching the Baton Rouge Hilton, with the mighty Mississippi River behind.
Fire hydrant, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Driving North through Mississippi to Clarksdale on Monday, I stopped at Onward, the birthplace of the Teddy Bear, where in 1902, ex United States President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt refused to shoot a captive bear at nearby Smedes Plantation. There is now a tourist welcome centre to mark this piece of history, as seems to be the case in much of Mississippi, a place where stories and legacy permeate all aspects of the landscape, which on the surface can often seem devoid of life.
Onward, Mississippi, Highway 61.
Merigold, Mississippi.
Po'Monkey's, Merigold, Mississippi.
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