Shreveport is beautiful this time of year. The azaleas, dogwoods, and wisteria are blooming, the trees are leafing out, and the city's...

Second Line at Shadows on the Teche We are on countdown to the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival which begins April 6 in New Iberi...

Metta Wella: making drinking water fun again! While nobody has ever accused me of being a tree-hugging liberal, it is probably true that...

"...like disintegrating lace..." That's how the authors of the NOLA series on Louisiana's vanishing coast describe wh...

Doesn't everyone have a stack or two of books around their house just waiting to be read? I have several of these: there's a sta...

Spring is upon us and there is a lot to do in Shreveport-Bossier as we ease into the season.  Here are just a few of the events going on...

Cammie Henry's scrapbook on Shadows-on-the-Teche Spring is the most beautiful time of the year in Louisiana. There's no doubt in...

I'm writing this post prior to Mitch Landrieu's appearance tonight on 60 Minutes ; I don't plan to watch. Mayor Landrieu is ...

In anticipation of my upcoming trip to New Iberia to attend the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival , I have spent the past week readi...

Shadows on the Teche, 1938 Fantastic news!  The good people at the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival have offered me a media pass...

Shadows on the Teche Books and literary festivals are right up my alley: I love them!  I love book bazaars, book festivals, book fairs, ...

Crepe Myrtles in the Louisiana sun One of the great driving forces in marketing these days is, believe it or not, Instagram.  We've ...

The Book Merchant, Natchitoches (2010) Cottonwood Books in Baton Rouge is a small, independent bookseller that has figured out how to su...

Postcard photo by Neil Johnson of Fair Grounds Field I've got baseball fever.  Spring is coming; I can almost see it from here, an...