"It's just a dog." ******************* "Redirected aggression."  This is the defense attorney's explanati...

The time is finally here. Sixteen months after the dog that came to be known as Braveheart was found moments from death in a storage loc...

Hey, Shreveport:  if Allen's Grill isn't on your food radar yet, it should be.  The local establishment celebrates its birthday to...

On the go this morning, but be sure to read this most excellent article by Charles Fishman in The Atlantic; it's also the subject of ...

Merry Christmas! It's been a lovely Christmas season Chez SIGIS; we did the family thing last weekend and my grandson - 2-1/2 years ...

Centenary Candlelight Service 2014 This is such a busy time of year and my already sporadic blogging has been more sporadic than usual i...

Lucky:  November 23 Update 12/29/14:  So very happy to report that Lucky has been adopted by one of the vet techs at Benton Animal Hosp...

Most people are probably a lot more technologically savvy than me, and if you scoff at my technological ignorance it really won't hurt...

With the schools closed today for election day, I had a rare day off.  I was full of big plans to spend the entire day working on my manus...

Today the South rose again in the fictional battle of Natchitoches. The little city of  Natchitoches, Louisiana celebrates its 300th bi...