Fashion isn’t the only industry that changes rapidly with the influence of designers and their trends. Home design is, too, an ever-evolving industry that requires study and upkeep, if you want to stay current. Instead of runway shows, one must attend yearly conventions (markets) where designers com...
Edible Zen Farms, located in Farmerville, Louisiana, is the brainchild of Adam Lewis and Wren Rogillio. The two met through mutual friends and realized that they shared the same dream: To grow clean produce for themselves and others. The produce grown at Edible Zen is primarily hydroponic, nutrient d...
article by Nils I. Borquist and Photo by Ashley Hubenthal Certain activities connect modern people with their primitive ancestors. Whether through fly fishing treacherous creeks, stalking wild prey with bow and arrow, building a fire with little more than sticks and ingenuity, or even running over a ...
Creating a Summer To-Do List with Your Kids article by Cindy G. Foust Happy 4th of July month to the BayouLife nation! Gosh, I am so grateful to live in America, land of the free, home of the brave. But this month, my heart is heavy at the climate our great country is experiencing. I […]...
article by Meredith McKinnie I loathe the question, “When are you having kids?” I regret that it’s common, accepted, reflex even. It usually escapes the mouth of someone older, as if said stranger is making a homemade timeline of my life and needs that checked off today. My grandmother used to say it...
article and photos by Dan Chason If I had a nickel for every time I have heard “I don’t know what to get you”….Whether it’s for a birthday, Father’s Day, anniversary or a holiday, it is not quite that hard to find something that dear old Dad or hubby would love. One thing most of […]...
article by Paul Lipe I REMEMBER the turkey-hunting trip like it happened just a few weeks ago – perhaps my memory is so fresh, because that trip did take place only recently. Actually, my son, Jonathan, and I left Dallas on Friday afternoon, April 28, and arrived in Pike County, Illinois, about noon ...
by Erin Sharplin Love | [email protected] Have you noticed that sometimes during the last decade etiquette has practically become extinct? What has happened to manners? Where have all of the E...
article by P. Allen Smith I just love a soothing cup of herbal tea out in my garden, particularly when I’ve grown some of the herbs myself. They’re so easy to grow, whether you grow them in containers or raised beds, they’re really useful to have around. And there are so many aromatic and flavorful [...
The Importance of Teaching Our Kids Forgiveness article by Cindy G. Foust Well, it’s the middle of the road, readers, well, the middle of the year anyways, and business is about to pick up for a lot of the BayouLife n...