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, takes us into the story of three generations on...
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 their home. When BJay and Melissa Durrett bought ...
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 create. Jaki Wilkinson’s title of “artist” was not g...
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 have symptoms. Chronic fatigue is one of those diagn...
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. Patrick’s Day celebrates Irish American culture. Of co...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
Apr 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK The Flanigens have amassed an impressive record in our community as volunteer leaders even as Flanigen Builders has amassed a similarly impressive record building hundreds of custom homes. It’s easy to see why Eddie and Christy Flanigen ha...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
Apr 30th, 2025
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article by Cindy G. Foust Happy May readers, and dare I say it, happy mid-year anniversary as well. Because that’s where we are with 2025, slap dab in the middle of the year. We are literally on the cusp of the fall decorations hitting the retail chains and pivoting toward the holidays. And, we haven...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Mar 28th, 2025
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review by Meredith McKinnie “The only way to understand the world as something other than a tale of loss is to see it as a tale of change.” Daniel Mason’s novel North Woods is more than simply the history of a place. It is the telling of American history and the American people’s history situated [&h...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
Mar 28th, 2025
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article by Georgiann Pottsphotography by Kelly Moore Clark Darian Williams Atkins has lived a very full life, and she’s not finished yet! She grew up in Gary, Indiana, under the watchful eyes of loving family members who were determined that she would have that full life. It was love that brought her...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Mar 28th, 2025
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review by Meredith McKinnie “Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.” Like so many of us, spring brings feelings of renewal and self-assessment. Along with decluttering my environment, I begin to evaluate my behaviors. James Clear’s book Atomic Ha...
