In an attempt to get back to blogging about politics, and to refocus, I decided to cruise some of my old haunts and see what they're tal...

I promise I'm not going to blog about my grieving process everyday, but I AM trying to get back into the habit of daily blogging.  So ...

Voila the purged blogroll. I went through and deleted blogs that haven't updated in over a year or in a very long time.  I've left...

I'm at loose ends today.  I always went to see mom on Sunday. It'll take some time for me to re-establish old routines, I guess,...

I have written a great deal in this space about my mother through the five or so years of this blog but now mom and I have ended a long j...

The latest casualty to the sequestration is the 2013 Barksdale AFB Defenders of Liberty Air Show; KTBS announced the cancellation this m...

There's nothing like a little snap of spring in the air to make one's heart long for baseball.  The crack of the bat, the satisfying...

This is what we've come to? After Barack Obama stands before the nation and vows to send us spiraling further into debt with a multi...

I'm not watching the SOTU address. I'm well aware of the SOTU. I was, actually watching the Westminster Dog Show which was ever ...

The think I love about "antiquing," or just going to see Milly Rose , is that you never know what you will find.  I almost always ...

Rev. C. L. Bryant's fabulous documentary, Runaway Slave, is now out on DVD.  If you haven't seen this film I urge you to order it ...

I think there's something going on in D.C. today...an inauguration of some sort.  I'm not turning on the t.v. today.  I've got m...

There is much speculation in the news about upcoming gun control legislation.  As one might imagine, the reactions are extreme on both sid...

I've done exactly two political posts since the November election which recently prompted a friend of mine to ask if I've given up p...

How are you going to spend New Year's Eve this year? Here's our annual roundup of local events in the Shreveport-Bossier area.  ...

Merry Christmas! Mr. SIGIS and I are all settled in for the evening and are awaiting the 24 hour marathon of   A Christmas Story . I...

I've lived in Louisiana all of my life, let's just say over 50 years, and I've never gone to the Natchitoches Christmas festiv...