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They called him The Bummer -- short for Bill Bumgarner, the veteran sports writer for the old Times-Picayune who has been a fixture on sidel...

   Having spent more than 30 years researching my family history, I've learned a lot about my people.  I'm a little bit Irish, a who...

My daughter's wedding took place on a warm, humid night in June, in the courtyard of a unique little venue that once was a small town ba...

  There's a brand new sparkly white dress hanging on the back of the door to the bedroom she hasn't lived in for a long time. There...

For centuries, the month of March has come in like a lion with a familiar warning: "Beware the Ides of March." For most people, th...

I have tried to count the number of times I have seen snow in my 62 3/4 years. I think it has been a half a dozen -- maybe more (the trip to...

  1994 - 2024 When I first brought my boyfriend home to my parent's house in Houma, circa 1992, they were not thrilled. It wasn't th...