By Nathan Coker
In Blog
Apr 30th, 2025
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Styled by Kate Ashley | Photography by Kelly Moore Clark We love using cloth napkins for an elevated touch at dinner or cocktail gatherings, and these options from local retailers are perfect. Clockwise from top: multi-colored floral napkin from Reviva...
By Nathan Coker
In Historical Impressions
Apr 30th, 2025
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by Guy Miller, Vice Chair Emeritus, Chennault Aviation and Military Museum Folks who live in the South know we really do have it better than the rest of the country. We have the best food. We have the best music. We have a climate that allows year-r...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Apr 30th, 2025
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review by Meredith McKinnie “Someday, when you’re old, you’ll see that the ones who came to kill us and the ones who’ll run to save us are the same.” Acclaimed as one of the best books of 2021, Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were explores what happens ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Apr 30th, 2025
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review by Meredith McKinnie “We don’t have children to fulfill our dreams. Children allow us to let go of the dreams we were never meant to fulfill.” In Abraham Verghese’s sweeping new novel The Covenant of Water, the real-life physician, turned author...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
Apr 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY APRIL DOUGHTY | PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK When BJay and Melissa Durrett bought their home in Creek’s Edge in Ruston, they never intended for it to become their forever home. But, after a three-year remodel, they’ve come to truly love ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Fashion
Apr 30th, 2025
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARKHAIR AND MAKEUP BY MEKA BENNETTMODELS ELLIE, GIGI AND LILA BAKEER AND CHEVY NAVARROKIDS CLOTHING AVAILABLE AT THE CHILDREN’S SHOPPE This shoot is a heartfelt tribute to the women who hold it all together behind the scene...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Apr 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BYSTARLA GATSON | PHOTOGRAPHY BYKELLY MOORE CLARK Jaki Wilkinson has felt compelled to make art for as long as she can remember. For the times the Ouachita resident was too young to recall herself, others have reminded her of her need to crea...
By Nathan Coker
In Fishing with Kenny
Apr 30th, 2025
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article by Kenny Covington Before I get into this month’s article, I would like to take a minute for a shameless plug. I have authored articles for Bayou Life for over ten years now. Each idea, each month of contemplating, planning, the process of wr...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Apr 30th, 2025
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Real Diagnosis or A Symptom of an Undiagnosed Problem? BY DR. NATHAN MORRIS, MD I am always amazed at the “catch all diagnoses” that medicine has created because of our lack of knowledge, or our inability to get down to the root cause of why people hav...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Apr 30th, 2025
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article by VANELIS RIVERA | photography by KELLY MOORE CLARK COME CINCO DE MAYO, Americans of all backgrounds enthusiastically crowd Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants to celebrate Mexican American culture and heritage, much in the same way that St. Patri...
