Showing posts with label LA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LA. Show all posts
Monday, December 7, 2020

LIGHT IN A GLASS ROOM

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Glass porch in the morning The glass porch in our Louisiana home is my favorite room. True, the glass is smudged with bayou country grime fr...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

THE YEAR OF YELLOW JACK

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Anne L. Simon has “found her oeuvre ” in historical fiction. Her recent novel, The Year of Yellow Jack , is a fascinating story about N...
Monday, November 18, 2019

IN THE TIME OF MISSION AND MIGHT

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Yesterday, I went down to A & E Gallery here in New Iberia, Louisiana, to a reception and book signing for Margaret Simon of New Ib...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

SUNSHINE

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Author Margaret Simon knows the hearts and minds of young people, as is evidenced in her forthcoming book, Sunshine, to be released b...
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Thursday, March 7, 2019

TRAINS IN THE NIGHT

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Train engine at Chattanooga Choo Choo As we prepare for an exodus to Sewanee, Tennessee, I realize that one of the sounds I’ll miss...
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Friday, November 23, 2018

THE CONUNDRUM

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Couhig at work at The Conundrum On a chilly Thanksgiving evening following turkey and too much food, we traveled to St. Francisville ...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

DESTINATIONS

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“Our life is a constant journey from life to death. The landscape changes, the people change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the t...
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Thursday, August 16, 2018

FROM ELECTRA, TEXAS TO POTOMAC, MARYLAND

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The photograph above is one that Vickie Sullivan snapped of my long-time friend, Jan Grogan, shown reading material for her new manuscr...
Friday, November 10, 2017

THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING

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Although I try to “keep up,” I confess to being somewhat of a Luddite, often lagging way behind  contemporary social customs, and last ...
Saturday, February 11, 2017

MY KIND OF MARDI GRAS

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Karen & Darrell's house It's that time of year again — Mardi Gras in French Louisiana. If readers want the full Monty about ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

MORE BIRDS (#3)

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I’ve been in Louisiana for a week now, and I miss the sight of birds dipping in the bird bath in the front yard at Sewanee, Tenne...