REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE Claire Lombardo’s second novel Same As It Ever Was is a compelling portrayal of middle age life in a typical upper-class family. Julia Ames is now approaching 60. Her husband Mark still lovingly adores and desires her, son Ben is finding his own way at 24, and teenage daug...
Away from the piercing rumble of car engines barreling through I-20, away from the milder transit of LA-145, deeper yet into the backroads of the Ruston-Choudrant border, a road lined with the quiet ceremony of tall trees and erratically growing shrubbery leads to a vacation rental settled near a lar...
Article by Starla Gatson | Photography by Kelly Moore Clark Enoch’s Irish Pub builds on 45 years of local love with a welcoming new coffee shop in the Garden District. The café brings fresh flavors, familiar warmth, and a renewed sense of community to Downtown Monroe. THE CAFE:Like any other coffeeho...
