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THE TRICKY PART
Now it feels like hunting season is supposed to feel. Back-to-back Arctic cold fronts have pushed through recently, bringing some real winter weather and dropping the thermometer to freezing on a number of occasions. There’s been frost on the pumpkin several mornings. This is more like it. If you enjoy the great outdoors, this »
5 SONGS FOR LEAVING WORK
By Calvin Tyler If you’re not that enthusiastic about what you do for a living, then the worst part of your day is when your feet leave the warmth of your bed (sofa, or whatever) and hit the floor. The best part of your week is when the clock hits “time to leave” on »
SHOP TALK
Most Area Barbers And Hairstylists Have Heard It All By Angie Kay Dilmore On the wall at Kim Sonnier’s hair salon hangs a plaque with a saying Sonnier claims as her shop motto. “Who you see here, what you hear here, when you leave, let it stay here.” It’s a well-known fact that »
DANNY WANNAGE
“I Owe Them My Life” Local Man Gives To Students At St. Louis, Receives It Back Tenfold By Karla Wall Danny Wannage has worked hard all his life — as a manual laborer and an auto parts store manager, among other jobs. In late 2009, Wannage, feeling retirement age creeping up on him, decided »
VICTORIAN ROMANCE
In two great mid-20th century novels — Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead and Robert Stone’s Hall of Mirrors — characters state that they only feel relief when they hold their lovers. These aren’t enthusiastic endorsements of romance. In both books, romance is a safety valve one turns to for a temporary relief »
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR POST DRAWS INTEREST
With Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne expected to announce he’s running for governor — he already has a campaign website — the post he would vacate is attracting a large field of potential successors. Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden is dangling his cowboy hat above the ring, telling radio host Jim Engster recently he is »
ADVICE FOR PRE-CANDIDATE VITTER
The rest of us may be out enjoying the holidays, but the family of Sen. David Vitter will be deep in reflection and prayer over whether or not Dad should run for governor. Oh, please, pass the egg nog. For all the difference their meditations would make to a decision probably already made, the »
FORGIVE AND MOVE ON
Dr. Archer, Two years ago, my husband left me for a woman he had been having an affair with for years behind my back. Now they are married. For our children’s sake, I have always invited him to events at our home, such as birthday parties, graduation parties, etc. I just asked my ex-husband »
ALL I NEED IS A COUPLE MONTHS OFF
OK, I know that considering what time of year it is, I shouldn’t be writing this column. But I’m going to try to make it right. First, I want to apologize to everyone for working in the midst of the Lake Area’s Thanksgiving-Christmas-12th Night-King Day holiday. I did so because I thought I might »
A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR
Let us bow our heads. The recent Thanksgiving holiday was a natural time to give thanks. There is a lot to be thankful for, so I hope you acknowledged it. Good health has to top everyone’s list of things to be most grateful for. If you are normal, you have had a taste of »
