Small Town News

  I’m pretty much a sucker for charities and fundraisers. I’ll keep a few dollar bills in my purse for donation jars and people selling things outside of stores. If someone needs a few bucks until payday, John and I help...

  Recently I was on episode of the YouTube channel called “The Bookish Hour.” Once again a reader questioned the small town I’ve created in my book series. “There’s no way a little bitty town can have all that fun...

My lovely editor, Julie, has asked me numerous times to write my articles about upcoming holidays. The problem is that I write and send my articles two to six weeks ahead of time. For me to remember holidays coming up a month from now requires a lot...

Have you heard about our latest venture? Or is it our latest adventure? Maybe our latest misadventure. We’ve opened a food truck serving pulled pork sandwiches, stuffed baked potatoes, and nachos. My parents used to say, “If a marriage...

Tracy Lawrence has a new song out, and I really like it. It’s called “If the World Had a Front Porch.” Let me clarify by saying I really like the song, but I think making it a reality would be a disaster.   Tracy starts off...

All right, it’s time! I’ve been gearing up for this article because, honestly, it causes heated debate in our household. Oh, wait! Can a debate be heated if only one person is taking part? And is it really a debate?   John has...

My dad, John and I enjoy watching movies. We pop our popcorn, grab our favorite beverage, and sit in the dark night after night glued to the television screen. Our theatrical tastes run from comedies to westerns to documentaries to true crime. We...

  Our oldest, Nathan, proposed to his girlfriend Kat last month. We love her dearly and are beyond excited for them. Cameron married Gracie a year ago this month, so we knew what questions to ask this time.   “Did you hire a...

John and my father have an ongoing joke between them, a running gag. My father thinks people in Louisiana eat too much rice too often. John disagrees. My dad complains when John cooks rice as a side dish or part of an entrée, and the two men...