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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 first answer was “generational.” The old people of my youth were tough, and they brought their toughness with them, even »
Food Trucks
Fantastic food is not limited to large fully stocked kitchens in buildings with permanent fixtures, decor and a swanky bar off to the side. Some of the best food you’ve never had might be set up in a parking lot around the corner from the office. While food trucks aren’t new to the »
The Progress Of Jeanie, The Hero Dog
For a few years now, Lagniappe has been following the saga of “local canine hero” Jeanie The Three-Legged Dog. There’s a book about her. She frequently appears on various media venues around the country. And now she’s become one of seven finalists in the contest for the 2019 American Humane Hero Dog Awards. If »
Something To Prove
It’s never too early to start talking football, in particular the Who Dat brand, despite it being 105 degrees outside. I was quick to hit overload on the U.S. women’s national soccer team. Nice World Cup victory, and yes, the ladies should be paid more, but enough already. An ESPN ESPY award for the »
Exhilaration
Eighty-one was (it feels odd to use past tense) as unique a store as Lake Charles has ever had. During the closing phase, I felt, and wrote, that it was like being alive at your own funeral. People looked me in the eye, and there was something in The Look. Hugs were sincere, there »
Stay In A Potato For $200 A Night
Idahoans embraced the Big Idaho Potato, a 28-foot-long steel-and-plaster potato constructed in 2012 to mark the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th anniversary. It’s been traveling the country ever since, promoting Idaho’s biggest crop. The plan was for it to be retired this year, when Big Idaho Potato 2.0 arrives. But Kristie Wolfe had a »
The Proper Attitude Towards Invisibility
It came down to Good versus Better. I own Eighty-one, a retail store, and I’m Good for what it asks of me, but I’m Better at writing. For years I’ve had this inner whisper, that I was giving my Good the best hours of the day, and leaving my Better the scraps at day »
Advice To Seniors
Don’t chase money. There have been a guesstimated 100 billion humans on Earth and 90 billion of them spent their lives chasing money. Point is: it’s common. They chased hunting grounds, watering holes, timber, ports, agricultural land, salt, spices, gold, silver, oil, money of a 1000 denominations, mountain passes and trade routes, mineral rights, »
Graduating Again
I have a nephew who is graduating high school. “That” is on my mind, the whole kicked-out-of-the-nest moment, where you can’t stay, gotta go, but go where, go how, go for what ‘n why… My lease for Eighty-one is up in July. For a month I kept asking the same question, “What if »
The Gift Of Without
Without my past, what stranger would I now be? Without my past, what armor would I be missing, what foundation would I stand upon, what great knowing would be greatly unknown? Without smiles, would I know happy? Without happy, would I know joy? Without joy, would I know peace? Without peace, would I »
