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10 Cloverfield Lane

Brad Goins August 17, 2016 Comments Off on 10 Cloverfield Lane

By complete serendipity, which is a fancy word for chance or coincidence, I found another film that — like True Detective — mentions Lake Charles quite often (although, as with True Detective, I’m not

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THE PROVING GROUND

Brad Goins August 17, 2016 Comments Off on THE PROVING GROUND

Fort Polk Celebrates 75 Years As America’s Premier Training Facility For Harsh Conditions By Brad Goins On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan conducted a massive attack on Pearl Harbor that would ensure that the United States

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The Compassionate Doc Jeane: Vernon Parish’s Doctor

Anne Regan August 17, 2016 Comments Off on The Compassionate Doc Jeane: Vernon Parish’s Doctor

By Anne Regan The Jeane family of Vernon Parish has deep roots as cultivators of the land. Their ancestors, along with several million other colonists, left the eastern states in the early 1800s for

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A Good Morning For Mourning

Pierre Fontenot August 4, 2016 Comments Off on A Good Morning For Mourning

My old dog Kramer is dying, been dying all of 2016, cancer, and failing heart. She has several tumors on her right side, just before the back leg. Nothing the vet can do, but

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The Pot Of Gold

Rocke Fournet August 4, 2016 Comments Off on The Pot Of Gold

The summer heat is bearing down now as we turn the corner into August. It’s best to pace yourself and pick your spots — mostly very early or very late. This is heat that

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