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Getting On The Front Porch Is Easy
I 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
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Just The Clothes On Their Back
Two 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,
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The Power of Little Moments of Kindness
A 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
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Good Year To Be A LSU Freshman
Once 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
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For God So Loved The Average
I’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
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Uncle P Answers Santa’s Mail
Dear 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
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An Abbreviated History Of Alcoholics Anonymous
Before 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
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Why The Old People Don’t Cry At Funerals
When 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
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Gentle On My Mind
This 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
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Billboard Lawyers
When 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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