By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Jul 1st, 2025
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BY SHANNON DAHLUM, FDN-P Maybe it’s just me, but I’m seeing a lot of information pop up lately about castor oil. Social media influencers are touting the benefits of adding drops of the oil into their belly buttons for digestive health, massaging it into their face to reverse aging, and wrapping clo...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jul 1st, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “I was a personality before I was a person.” For most of us, Barbra Streisand requires no introduction, but the megastar takes the liberty anyway – in a big way – with her 900-plus page memoir. If you’ve heard Streisand in interviews, you are privy to the tone ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jul 1st, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “I had two broken horses…and they were the most unbroken creatures I’ve met here on earth.” I remember the moment I first registered Brandi Carlile as a formidable artist. By happenstance, I caught her 2019 performance of “The Joke” at the 61st Grammy Awards. I sat transfi...
By Nathan Coker
In AskErin
May 30th, 2025
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by ERIN SHARPLIN LOVE | erinlove@panachebyerin.com I am a sports mom and I love every minute of it. Raise your hand if you are with me! With that said, there are certainly days and weeks that I am exhausted and overwhelmed, but there is just something so exciting and fulfilling about watching your ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
May 30th, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “She had known from a young age that everyone had darkness inside – some just controlled it better than others. Very few people believed that they were bad, and this was the scariest part.” Danya Kukafka’s new novel explores the media-saturated, voyeuristic world of ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
May 30th, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “If it’s possible to be fearless and vulnerable at the same time, she was. It was the thing that made her unstoppable. And very disarming.” It’s hard to not have some opinion of Madonna, a star whose career has spanned generations. So, when I heard about the new biography ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
May 30th, 2025
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Article STARLA GATSONPhotographer KELLY MOORE CLARK Sara Beth Howard isn’t just an artist; she’s an artist-activist, a title that makes perfect sense when you consider all the Lake Providence resident has been exposed to and experienced throughout her life. Howard’s interest in creativity and artist...
By Nathan Coker
In Featured Slider
May 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY MEREDITH MCKINNIEPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK This Father’s Day, we’re highlighting local dads who demonstrate modern versions of fatherhood. Gone are the days when dads stayed on the sidelines. In the following stories, we see fathers involved in their kids’ physical, spiritual, and ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
May 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTS PHOTOGRAPHS BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Mike Downhour and his wife, Sheila Kay, are well-known in our region. Both have enjoyed considerable success in their careers and in their lives. Mike began with the dream of becoming an air traffic controller like his dad. His second choic...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
May 30th, 2025
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Supporting the Health of the Fathers in Our Lives BY SHANNON DAHLUM, FDN-P When I think about my dad, I think about the quiet, dependable ways he always showed up for our family. He wasn’t one to talk much about his feelings, but he never missed an oil change. He made sure our cars were […]...
