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Autumn Abstraction: The Bog

October 25, 2019October 24, 2019 ~ shoreacres ~ 42 Comments

Pale pitcher plant (Sarracenia alata) ~ East Texas, Big Thicket

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Mark Twain Defines “Lagniappe”

"We picked up one excellent word--a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word--'lagniappe.'
We discovered it at the head of a column of odds and ends in the Picayune, the first day; heard twenty people use it the second; inquired what it meant the third; adopted it and got facility in swinging it the fourth. It is the equivalent of the thirteenth roll in a 'baker's dozen.' It is something thrown in, gratis, for good measure."
(From "Life on the Mississippi")

Why Pair “Lagniappe” With “The Task at Hand”?

I love to write, and "The Task at Hand" always will be my primary site: my place for essays, stories, and poetry.
On the other hand, photography has opened new worlds to me. Now and then, I take special delight in a photo, and have wanted a place to post those I enjoy.
This is that place. You're welcome to consider it lagniappe -- a little something extra -- and I hope you'll find an occasional delight here, as well.

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