By Reagan Henderson
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 […]...
By Reagan Henderson
In Bayou Eats
May 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERAPORTRAIT AND RESTAURANT PHOTOS BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Ashley Keever, Krista Rhymes and Matthew Miller opened Chicken Salad Chick seven years ago. This tasty franchise has quickly become a North Louisiana favorite. Ashley Keever and her sister Krista Rhymes grew up receiving a ...
By Reagan Henderson
In Bayou Kidz
May 30th, 2025
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article by Cindy G. Foust Happy June to our BayouLife community, as we welcome this month with some cooler temperatures and celebrate school being out for the summer. Really? Yes, just like that, someone pushed the fast forward button, and it’s time again for summer vacations, pool parties and sleepo...
By Reagan Henderson
In Features
Apr 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY MEREDITH MCKINNIEPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re featuring local mothers. These women shared the highs and lows of pregnancy and motherhood, the values and faith they strive to instill in their children, and their reflections on their own mothers. A common ...
By Reagan Henderson
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 to the powerless when they demand power. Set [&he...
By Reagan Henderson
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 Reagan Henderson
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 Reagan Henderson
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 Reagan Henderson
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 Reagan Henderson
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...
