Small Town News

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...

One of my first red flags when I visited Louisiana was this obsession with crawfish. Remember, I had a lot of concerns and rouge-colored flags about moving away from my beloved Texas. The promise of twenty-four-hour casinos and Mike the Tiger...

  I’ve got a confession to make. No, I’m not confessing to a crime, just an addiction. And it’s not a criminal addiction, not in a legal sense. I’m addicted to limited series shows.   For those of you who...

My friends at “Psychology Today” completed a survey that claims ninety-five percent of Americans cannot go an entire week without telling a lie. That result strikes me as harsh, but let’s review the definition of a...

In my last article I mentioned a neighbor with a story. In small town fashion he’s actually my neighbor because he lives within two miles of my house, he goes to my church, he’s on the water system board with John, he does...

    As I’ve said before, my writing ranges from entertaining to informative. And anywhere in between. Today’s article is right in the middle, and I hope it makes you think.    My neighbor (because he lives...