By Cassie Livingston
In Center Block
Jul 2nd, 2020
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ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERA | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREW BAILEY Farmers’ markets have deep roots in our history. But what used to be essential to daily life can now easily be substituted with an online order and curbside pickup. Though our culture of convenience has snowballed into many forms and for a plet...
By Cassie Livingston
In Center Block
Jun 5th, 2020
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IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE HAS A LITTLE CABIN FEVER THESE DAYS, AND WE’VE GOT THE PERFECT CURE – SOCIALLY DISTANCED DAY TRIPS. NEXT TIME YOU START ITCHING FOR NEW SCENERY, LACE UP THOSE HIKING BOOTS AND HIT THE TRAILS AT ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL LOCAL STATE PARKS. ARTICLE BY STARLA GATSON AND PHOTOGRAPHY B...
By Cassie Livingston
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Jun 5th, 2020
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One Step at a Time article by Vanelis Rivera As if reviving Henry David Thoreau’s vision of self-reliance, Americans are currently turning away from commercial providers and shifting their gaze to their own backyards. Having experienced what shortages can look like amid a pandemic, many are exploring...
By Cassie Livingston
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Jun 5th, 2020
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Spices and seasonings found on the shelves in most grocery stores are usually highly adulterated and beefed up with fillers. Instead of getting the true flavor of an herb that stands on its own, you are getting a lot of unwanted MSGs and poor quality sodium, preservatives and additives. Oh, and waste...
By Cassie Livingston
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Jun 5th, 2020
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If you’ve been buying or planting fresh herbs, you may have found them wilting sooner than you were able to use them. We’ve asked a few experts to guide us in the best ways to preserve our summer bounty. Photography by KELLY MOORE CLARK | Styling by TAYLOR BENNETT FRESH ROSEMARY: Fresh rosemary is on...
By Cassie Livingston
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May 7th, 2020
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For over 64 years, the United Way of Northeast Louisiana has been a unifying force bringing individuals, businesses, non-profit agencies and government entities together to help provide for the most vulnerable in our community. Serving a 12-parish region, UWNELA supports over 40 programs and non-prof...
By Cassie Livingston
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Apr 29th, 2020
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KELLY MOORE CLARK GIVES US TIPS ON HOW TO RESTYLE A SPACE IN YOUR HOME USING WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE Tasked with making over a bedroom for our BayouLife Home Issue seemed like a fun and easy pursuit until the state was put under a stay-at-home order. Using materials around her home, Kelly Moore Clark [...
By Cassie Livingston
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Apr 29th, 2020
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article by Kay Rector The coronavirus pandemic has impacted everyone in Northeast Louisiana in some way. As of April 17, 2020, the Louisiana Department of Health reported 23,118 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, with 830 of those cases in Northeast Louisiana. 470 cases were in Ouachita Parish, wh...
By Cassie Livingston
In Center Block
Apr 29th, 2020
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WITH SO MANY UNCERTAINTIES, LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE OFFERING ADVICE FOR INCOMING STUDENTS Local Colleges Have A Plan BY ROBERT KENNETH WRIGHT On March 23, 2020, Governor John Bel Edwards’s stay-home order went into effect at 5:00 PM. That declaration changed life in Louisiana, leaving man...
By Cassie Livingston
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Mar 26th, 2020
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A MONROE NATIVE, CASSIE YOUNG, IS A RADIO TALK SHOW AND PODCAST HOST BASED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THIS MULTI-PASSIONISTA DOESN’T MINCE WORDS OR GIVE SOFT LOVE. CASSIE YOUNG SPEAKS HER MIND. Article by Vanelis Rivera and Photography by Kelly Moore Clark THOUGH THEY SAY THE pen is mightier than the sword...
