By Nathan Coker
In Featured Slider
Nov 7th, 2022
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stories by MEREDITH MCKINNIEphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK CRYSTAL FOX For Crystal Fox, childhood trauma manifested in an eating disorder when she was 15. Her mother left her when she was 3 years old. Though her great-grandmother cared for her, Crystal longed for the nuclear family environment that...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Nov 7th, 2022
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ARTICLE BY STARLA GATSONPHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY MONTI SHARP After spending more than three decades away from Monroe, Monti Sharp is ready to reconnect with his hometown. Besides, he says, there’s no place like it. Leaving Monroe was never what Sharp wanted to do, he explains. But it was necessary, as re...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
Nov 7th, 2022
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ARTICLE BY DAN CHASON I‘ve known Bill Petrus for over 40 years and consider him a close friend. He and his wife Lori own TP Outdoors in Monroe and Bill is the host of TP Outdoors Adventures Television Series which airs on most local channels in Northeast Louisiana for almost 12 years. There are a [...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
Nov 7th, 2022
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ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERAPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK As they prepare for a new chapter in their lives, the Land family is eager to share the story of their home Luna Moon with the hopes of manifesting someone, who like them, deeply lives the poetry of growing roots. There are those that want to...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
Nov 7th, 2022
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To Buy, Or Not To Buy This Holiday Season article by Cindy G. Foust Hello BayouLife readers as I report in from what is now the cusp of the holidays and the weather outside is definitely frightful…frightfully hot, that is. Oh, we had a cool snap this week, and what I mean by snap is […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Nov 7th, 2022
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BY SHANNON DAHLUM Over the past two months we’ve been discussing how to support the process of healthy detoxification within the body. In September we covered bowel movements, and in October we talked about the lymphatic system. This month, we’re diving into fluid elimination. Put o...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Nov 7th, 2022
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article by VANELIS RIVERAphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK The South loves pecans. Their distinctly buttery flavor has been adored in pies, cakes, cookies, pralines, and even craft beer. This edible seed is rich in protein, fiber, heart-healthy nutrients and can be traced back to the sixteenth century...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Nov 7th, 2022
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ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERAPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Scratch Bakehouse is a home-based, cottage bakery specializing in quality sourdough goods with a faithful customer base, but it began as a wellness journey. Around 2017, Christina Poole was having some health issues. “I was having food sensiti...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Nov 7th, 2022
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by Jesmyn Ward Christophe and Joshua, fraternal twins, have just graduated high school. Raised by their maternal grandmother Ma-mee, the boys have never known life not by each other’s side. Faced with meager job opportunities and low-wage realities, the twins’ dynamic is complicated by one receiving ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Nov 7th, 2022
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by Robert Olen Butler B utler’s collection of short stories recounts the experiences of Vietnamese Americans living in Louisiana. Each of the twelve stories is told from one character’s perspective with the topics centered on cultural differences between Vietnam and the United States. As an American ...
