By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Jan 30th, 2025
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by Shannon Dahlum, FDB-P, They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but it turns out this old adage might hold more truth than we realize. A healthy gut doesn’t just support digestion—it also plays a vital role in overall health and mood. At the center of this connection is melatonin...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
Jan 30th, 2025
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article by Cindy G. Foust It’s the month of love readers, for our BayouLife community and here we all are on the cusp of another snowpocalypse. Seriously, Snowbird Bob had everyone running to the grocery store, in preparation for the next ice and snow act for Mother Nature, but, I think we are missin...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Jan 30th, 2025
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article by Vanelis Riveraphotography by Kelly Moore Clark At Apero, Monroe’s newest lounge, restaurant, and market, the finer things in life are on display in unexpected and exciting ways. It’s not every day that I sit down in a velvet swivel chair and contemplate a menu with items that includ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Jan 30th, 2025
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article by Starla Gatsonphotography by Kelly Moore Clark Tony Thomas spent 15 years in the newspaper industry before traveling with his wife through Central America. After civil unrest in Nicaragua, they returned to the U.S. and settled in Ouachita Parish, where he now works as a full-time artist. To...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jan 30th, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “There is so much freedom in being anonymous.” When Britney Spears’ first album Baby One More Time dropped in 1999, her face and song by the same name were everywhere. She dominated the radio, MTV, and Total Request Live, the daily video show of top songs in the country. E...
By Nathan Coker
In Featured Slider
Jan 3rd, 2025
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Profiles by Meredith McKinniePhotography by Kelly Moore Clark BayouLife Magazine asked the community of talented makers to submit their hand-crafted goods for our Making the Mark competition. In the following pages, you will meet this year’s winners in each category: Craft, Art, Jewelry, Fashion, Ins...
By Nathan Coker
In Featured Slider
Jan 3rd, 2025
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTSPORTRAIT BY KELLY MOORE CLARK After the loss of their son, Lindsey and Brett Braddock founded The Tarver Braddock Foundation to honor Tarver’s memory and to continue his legacy of random acts of kindness. There are times when an entire community catches its breath upon heari...
By Nathan Coker
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Jan 3rd, 2025
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ARTICLE BY STARLA GATSONPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK H2Greaux has managed to grow into six greenhouses full of herbicide- and pesticide-free lettuce hydroponically, meaning no soil is involved and the resulting crop is cleaner than most grocery store offerings. It’s easy to go without thinking to...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jan 3rd, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “But at least she was married to the smartest, funniest man she had ever met, and that counted for everything…” In keeping with my current fascination with historical fiction, I anxiously cracked the new spine of Gill Paul’s 2022 novel The Manhattan Girls. I was intrigued ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jan 3rd, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “The first weapon I ever held was my mother’s hand.” I didn’t so much fall in love with Jesmyn Ward’s novels as I did with the power of Ward’s writing. She tackles hard, gritty subject matter, exposing the underbelly of American reality, and in this novel American history,...
