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Getting On The Front Porch Is Easy
Pierre Fontenot March 19, 2020 Comments Off on Getting On The Front Porch Is EasyI said Hey to a stranger. It’s what Louisiana people do. She hey-ed me back. Our brains, they just know – FAST – whether a stranger is local or elsewhere. I said, “Where
Read More »Just The Clothes On Their Back
Pierre Fontenot March 5, 2020 Comments Off on Just The Clothes On Their BackTwo years ago they built their dream home, in the middle of a ten-acre ark, complete with a few cows, some goats, chickens, dogs, a cat, and a pet bird. They have five children,
Read More »The Power of Little Moments of Kindness
Pierre Fontenot February 20, 2020 Comments Off on The Power of Little Moments of KindnessA nineteen-year-old boy jumped off a bridge. “I remember the fall vividly,” Kevin Hines says. “25 stories, 75mph, 4 seconds.” His back was shattered, but he survived. Kevin’s childhood behavior was erratic. At
Read More »Good Year To Be A LSU Freshman
Pierre Fontenot February 6, 2020 Comments Off on Good Year To Be A LSU FreshmanOnce upon a time there was no LSU football. Who’d-a-thunk, the first team was formed by a chemistry professor! First season, played one game, lost 34-0, to Tulane. The early history of LSU football
Read More »For God So Loved The Average
Pierre Fontenot January 23, 2020 Comments Off on For God So Loved The AverageI’ve been attending some local high school basketball games. Lots of teams, lots of players, but so far, not a single player is college material. They’re all high school average. Once upon
Read More »Uncle P Answers Santa’s Mail
Pierre Fontenot January 9, 2020 Comments Off on Uncle P Answers Santa’s MailDear Santa, Can you bring me a new name for Christmas? My mom stuk me with one of theese stupid made up names and I hate it. I can’t even spel it. I just
Read More »An Abbreviated History Of Alcoholics Anonymous
Pierre Fontenot December 19, 2019 Comments Off on An Abbreviated History Of Alcoholics AnonymousBefore Caesar, before Alexander the Great, before Ramses II, before mankind figured out axle and wheel, humans were fermenting grain and fruit and making hooch. From day one, some people couldn’t stop drinking. Billions
Read More »Why The Old People Don’t Cry At Funerals
Pierre Fontenot December 5, 2019 Comments Off on Why The Old People Don’t Cry At FuneralsWhen I was young, and 75% of the people at a funeral were older than me, I noticed that the older they were, the less likely they were to cry. I wondered why. My
Read More »Gentle On My Mind
Pierre Fontenot November 21, 2019 Comments Off on Gentle On My MindThis is a story about peace – but first, indulge me the chance to play meteorologist, not in forecasting, but in reporting, my way, a gentle autumn Sunday in the American south, “The weather
Read More »Billboard Lawyers
Pierre Fontenot November 7, 2019 Comments Off on Billboard LawyersWhen I was a kid, lawyers had an aura, the profession was Up Here (picture my hand raised high)… and now they have to stoop to buying their Up Here on billboards, just dragging
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