Today, my father would have been 64 years old, but he died last year. There isn’t a day that he isn’t on my mind. Some years, his birthday would fall on Labor Day. This year, my birthday’s on Labor Day. It’s a day and a long weekend I’m relearning to appreciate. This past summer, one…
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Angola to Zydeco: Louisiana Lives
On Oct. 1, 2011, the University Press of Mississippi will release R. Reese Fuller’s Angola to Zydeco: Louisiana Lives. You can pre-order copies now through either Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Read more about Angola to Zydeco …
The vexing valet
Yesterday afternoon, we pulled into the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in New Orleans and handed the car keys to Dude, a young guy parking cars for the hotel. He was probably in his early 20s, bundled up from the cold coming off of the river. Dude handed me a ticket for the car and told me…