After their divorce, I got to know my parents all over again
I always thought my parents would be together forever, not because they were in love, but because that was the way it had always been. They waited until I was 23 years old and out of the house before...
View ArticleBeans build the salad; bread makes it shine
On my annual list of summer salads, there's always fattoush. Like panzanella, its Italian cousin, fattoush makes use of leftover bread and combines it with fresh produce. This Middle Eastern dish often...
View ArticleDealing with a renovation nightmare
Every renovation project is inherently optimistic, because homeowners start out with a plan to improve their home with visions of glorious new living spaces or at least a shiny updated bathroom...
View ArticleShayne Looper: Should the Church support a political party?
America is more sharply divided than it has been in my lifetime, and it is not just a political divide. It is an ideological one, and it has led to an almost compulsive distrust. Few on either side...
View ArticleThe cost of raising a child keeps rising
That newborn bundle of joy is going to be adored but may nonetheless be a bit of a money pit as he or she grows up, representing one of the biggest financial investments a person is likely to make,...
View ArticleHow to make a home much friendlier to seniors using wheelchairs or walkers
When Dan Bawden teaches contractors and builders about aging-in-place, he has them get into a wheelchair. See what it's like to try to do things from this perspective, he tells them.That's when...
View ArticleA game-day classic scores with a healthful twist
As dips tend to be, this is a party food that brings people together, an edible ice breaker, beckoning everyone to gather around and literally rub elbows as they dig in. But this one goes a step...
View ArticleFirst Sock Hop of the year draws in large crowd
More than 300 community members gathered at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales for the first Garney Gautreau Senior Sock Hop [...]
View ArticleSix ways to keep your kids healthy during winter
Norovirus seems to be circling like a vulture this winter, and snuffly kids are popping up on every park bench. On a local parenting e-mail group, it was reported that two-thirds of the kids and...
View ArticleStudents at LSMSA prepare for new semester
Students at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts met with their advisers and registered for classes on Monday, Jan. 9. The first day of classes was Tuesday, Jan. 10.
View ArticleReligion News: Jewish centers target of bomb threats
WEEK IN RELIGIONJewish community centers around the United States received bomb threats for the third time In January last week. On Jan. 31, more than a dozen community centers in the U.S. and one in...
View ArticleHow to keep your Super Bowl party from being an icky germ-fest
If you are hosting a Super Bowl party, you no doubt want guests to walk away with happy memories, with the giggles, with their own coats, with wishing the game had gone into overtime so they could stay...
View ArticleNetworx: DIY stone countertop care: 7 simple dos and don’ts
Who doesn't appreciate the classy looks appeal of gorgeous stone countertops? In addition to their beauty, marble, soapstone, quartz, limestone, and granite kitchen counters are durable and hardwearing...
View ArticleBook notes: When trolls attack
"Haters: Harassment, Abuse and Violence Online" By Bailey Poland. Potomac Books/University of Nebraska, 2016, $19.95.In William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" a small group of boys, stranded on an...
View ArticleIn Good Faith: Seeking a moral compass
Like the vast majority of people with political opinions, I am not a public policy analyst. I keep up with current events, think I do a fairly good job of separating "fake news" from actual news, and...
View Article55th Class of Debutantes presented to Society
On Saturday, Jan. 21, the Four Seasons Garden Club presented its 55th Class of Debutantes at A Night to Sparkle Cotillion held at Palazzo Bernardo’s in Donaldsonville. The cotillion was a night to...
View ArticleBest King Cakes in Ascension Parish
January kicked off the beginning of Louisiana's most known season, Carnival Season. A staple of Carnival Season is King Cakes. While everyone has their own way of making the favorite Louisiana desert,...
View ArticleTales From the Front: More responses to Kylie
Today I respond to Kylie. She's the woman who's having second thoughts about divorcing Matt. They've been married for 15 years, and they have two children. Matt is an alcoholic who screams at Kylie and...
View ArticleTales From the Front: More reasons why Bewildered’s’ husband forgot her pills
Bewildered was the woman whose husband failed to pick up her medication when he picked up his own, even though she'd been doing it for seven years.No wonder she was bewildered. I suggested several...
View ArticleLooking Up: Full Moon to get some shade this week
Watch the Full Moon as it rises this Friday night, February 10. It may look like the "Man in the Moon" has had enough of the sunshine and is getting some shade.This is not a full, total lunar eclipse...
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