Mar 19
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For the past year my partner Micah and I have been working on creating a new conceptual magazine called Momma Tried. Both long term New Orleanians (he was born in Opelousas LA, I moved here in 1998), our vision is to bring together a print-only publication that is equal parts literary journal, art magazine, and […]
Feb 25
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“This Tuesday’s Women’s Wellness Program session is our monthly cooking class, held down the street at Algiers United Methodist Church on Opelousas. All women are welcome! This month we’re focusing on healthy snacks.” ~Via Common Ground’s FaceBook Page
Feb 17
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Please don’t read further if you have not seen Season 3 finale yet I knew this was coming. I read that another character wanted to leave the series several months ago, knew who it was, but did not know how the character would exit. The final scenes cast a shroud over the entire […]
Feb 14
There are two links in this post I urge you to contribute to, one being the fund for the recovery of the Garden District robbery and rape victim, the other for the Metropolitan Center for Women and Children. Read on to see why. More and more, I’m finding it cannot be avoided, no matter how […]
Feb 5
Please stop here if you do not want to read any spoilers in week #5 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* This is the week of grrrrrrl power and greener pastures. The pall of Lady Sybil’s death hung over the first part of this episode, but as life at the Abbey carried on, her passing began to lift. Of […]
Jan 30
If you do not wish to read any spoilers from this week’s episode, then please stop reading now!!! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* I knew this was coming. You see, Downton Abbey finished filming early last summer, and premiered in Great Britain in the fall of 2012. So the content of the episodes is out there, as is […]
Jan 27
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I’m from Massachusetts, so I’m familiar with the long, wet, cold winters. The driving during this time of year used to be horrific. We lived on a hill and not a winter would pass where we were out on the street during a snowstorm trying to help push cars up the hill in the stormy […]
Jan 23
Have you read The Gumbo Pages? If you haven’t, you should. I shamelessly stole this from there because I was reading it this morning and it made me laugh. I want you to laugh too. Happy Carnival! Carnival Time You don’t learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday. John Silbernagel […]
Jan 18
Sorry y’all for the delayed post – but here it is *~*~*~*~*~*~SPOILER ALERT ~*~*~*~*~*~* stop right now if you haven’t seen the second episode. I must say I did not see that coming. My jaw dropped, and I almost fell off the sofa – poor Lady Edith was stood up at the altar by Sir […]
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