Have I mentioned we love music?  And I mean all of us.  I grew up playing piano and singing so music has been a part of my life since I was a child.  Our range of musical taste is wide too.  Our son is always downloading something new or coming to me saying mom, take […]

Sometimes love insists on finding new ways to show up – even beyond time and space. I’m not sure where my fascination with cemeteries began.  Living in South Louisiana, cemeteries are just different.  So many areas here are literally below sea level so the graves are above ground.  Often, they are basically mausoleums and they […]

I have a fascination with cemeteries… is it because of the work I do now? I’m not sure actually. Evidently, I have a fascination with things in the fog as well. I am jealous of people that get amazing fog shots where it has layers. I was excited when we reached that point in the […]

Have you ever suddenly felt yourself getting angry but you didn’t know why?  Or maybe anxious, or even happy when you weren’t before?  Maybe you’ve all the sudden felt nauseous or had a headache?  Now, were you around other people when that happened?  If so, have you ever thought that you might be an empath?  […]

Take a 900 year old Buddha and Cajun/Asian fusion all wrapped up in the dream of preservation from one man and you get the Jungle Gardens. We’ve talked about Tabasco on Avery Island but there’s so much more to see on this beautiful island.  Tabasco founder, Edmund McIlhenney had a son named Edward was a […]

For much of my life growing up when I thought of south Louisiana the images were of flat land, spicy food, alligators and how the people spoke in a language that I didn’t understand. When I first moved to the area my husband excitedly showed me around to different places that were popular in the […]

You know what’s better than spending girls day with 2 of your favorite people?  Finding a great new coffee café!  A couple of weeks ago as we were headed out to enjoy a treat to start our day, one of the girls suggested we try this place Java Square Café in Opelousas.  She had been […]

I have driven across Louisiana many times in many directions.  So often, that the fact that I am often in the middle of Kisatchie National Forest escapes me.  It is so vast, spanning seven parishes, that maybe natives take it for granted.  There are trails to hike, lakes to fish, grounds to camp… but I’ve […]

I love Fall, I truly do… the cool air and all the fall color, but sometimes I think I love Spring more.  The rebirth as you watch the world wake up from winter….. and the colors!  So many colors!  Now, the truth of why I tend to like Fall over Spring is there is no […]

Sometimes one of the greatest things about living in South Louisiana is finding a hidden treasure around every corner.  An assignment for my day job sent me to my most recent one, the Little Grave Houses at Istre Cemetery. Death can be an odd thing.  The rituals and superstitions around death and burial can be […]