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PEYTON MANNING’S LAST RODEO

Pierre Fontenot February 18, 2016 Comments Off on PEYTON MANNING’S LAST RODEO

Years ago, when player behavior was only bad and not yet Bad, I said these words, “If I had a son, and we were watching football on a Sunday afternoon, I’d be constantly saying,

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YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT

Pierre Fontenot February 4, 2016 Comments Off on YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT

Conversation over brunch, the topic went towards how casual America has become, how rare it is to see men wearing suits…and I, wearer of blue jeans, black pocket T’s, and white tube socks…I, a

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MAY YOU BE GENTLE, 2016

Pierre Fontenot January 21, 2016 Comments Off on MAY YOU BE GENTLE, 2016

When I was a kid I thought each new year was an adult, a Santa Claus of the calendar, born in full health and vigor on January 1, here to bring me a giant

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IN MEMORY OF LORRAINE

Pierre Fontenot January 7, 2016 Comments Off on IN MEMORY OF LORRAINE

Her grandmother had a hard life.   “She ate the burnt toast.”  Susan Webb Boyd, on her grandma… “In the 70’s coffee prices went way up.  She reused coffee grounds.  I caught her one

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DAY LILY MOMENTS

Pierre Fontenot December 17, 2015 Comments Off on DAY LILY MOMENTS

Thanksgiving didn’t make me thankful, but it got me thinking on the topic. I don’t know how I compare with you, but for the record, my sense of thankfulness is often hidden beneath a

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THE HUNDRED CAMEL WIFE

Pierre Fontenot December 3, 2015 Comments Off on THE HUNDRED CAMEL WIFE

The story begins like this… a very eligible young man was searching for a suitable wife. He came from a noble family, was both handsome and wealthy, and possessed character without reproach.  He could

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THE 11TH COMMANDMENT: THOU SHALT WORK

Pierre Fontenot November 19, 2015 Comments Off on THE 11TH COMMANDMENT: THOU SHALT WORK

Long before he met Don Henley, long before The Eagles, Glenn Frey was just another Detroit boy who liked music and had some want-to.  The want-to took him to Los Angeles, where a girlfriend

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SOMETIMES OLD BULBS BURN BRIGHTEST

Pierre Fontenot November 5, 2015 Comments Off on SOMETIMES OLD BULBS BURN BRIGHTEST

I prefer my bananas young, but an older avocado is a readier avocado. My youth seemed all foot-on-the-gas, squinting through a dirty windshield and the steering much neglected.  I got to here somehow, but

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THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME

Pierre Fontenot October 15, 2015 Comments Off on THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME

As I was driving to the family reunion it crossed my mind, ‘They’re gonna ask me to say grace.’  That put a kink in my stomach. _____    _____    _____    _____   

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SIMPLICITY

Pierre Fontenot October 1, 2015 Comments Off on SIMPLICITY

The natural cure for youth is aging, and the proof of aging is simplicity.  Youth is more, more, more; maturity is less, less, less. I wear blue jeans and black t-shirts six days a

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