By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Oct 31st, 2019
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With a renewed sense of purpose, Shelly Nealy has poured her heart into becoming a full-time, professional artist. Article by April Clark Honaker | Photography by Kelly Moore Clark Sometimes in life people have to rediscover their purpose. For artist Shelly Nealy, this has certainly been true. As a k...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Beats
Oct 31st, 2019
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After struggling with addiction, depression and anxiety, Briana Calhoun sought a relationship with God that opened doors. Now, at age thirty-four, she is focused on her passion for music. article by Vanelis Rivera | Photography by Andrew Bailey For Briana Calhoun, crafting music started and grew duri...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
Oct 31st, 2019
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Faith. That simple word best describes Bill and Georgia Street, an unselfish and giving couple who are celebrating 53 years of marriage this year. Their faith abides in their God, in their family, and in the future, and is underpinned by a deep, abiding faith in the constancy of their own love for on...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
Oct 31st, 2019
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ARTICLE BY | Maré Brennan PHOTOGRAPHY BY | Kelly Moore Clark STYLING BY | Cindy Stone and Gregory Hudgins Fall mums, pumpkins and gourds, crotons and trailing ivy offer a bright welcome for family and friends at the entrance to Cindy and Scott Stone’s new home located in West Monroe’s elegant Versail...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
Oct 28th, 2019
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She Took Charge of Her StorySHE OVERCAMEPowerful. article by Cindy G. Foust Happy month of Thanksgiving, readers, as I write this column while I sit in my pumpkin patch and admire all my pumpkins. I mean, how many of you knew I was related to Charlie Brown and his great pumpkin? Incidentally, that is...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Oct 28th, 2019
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Georgie and Lea Johnson’s grandson, Toby Traylor, has continued the tradition of delivering delcious food and mouth-watering pies in a casual, down-home atmosphere at the Monroe restaurant. ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERA | PHOTOGRAPHY BY PRAJAL PRASAI It all started in 1928 in Lecompte, Louisiana. “Before...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Oct 28th, 2019
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City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “At some point in a woman’s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.” The novel follows Vivian Morris, a privileged girl who moves to NYC in the 1940s. A college [&he...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Oct 7th, 2019
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Alligator Zoo-Park Magic by C.H. Hooks REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “The carelessness of belief in magic was much at odds with the precision of an illusion…Jeffers was making something. He built something big where nothing much was.” Hooks’ debut novel is a carnival ride of sorts through a southern to...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Oct 7th, 2019
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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “Six or twelve. That’s your fate as a black man. Carried by six or judged by twelve.” Tayari Jones’s novel explores being black in America. She strategically catalogues the perspectives of three African-American people with different ba...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
Oct 7th, 2019
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The Home of Sarah and Justin Bishop Photography: Kelly Moore ClarkArticle by: Maré BrennanContractor: Justin Bishop of Bing Bishop ConstructionInterior design: Sandy McMillan, ASID, Intelligent Design & Haven WHEN ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS IS an art educator and the other is one of our region’s most ...
