As you read this, Christmas will be upon us, and hopefully you are finished with all the shopping, partying and going that is required of us during this time of year. Maybe you will have a quite Christmas Eve with family and Christmas Day will be filled with fun and laughter.Christmas is a time of t...

Nine-one-one is the national number to use in the event of an emergency. When we use it, we know someone is there who will come to our rescue. Though we have heard stories of the misuse of that number and reports of incompetent responders answering calls of people in a crisis, it is comforting to kn...

My friend Debi asks, “Why do they call the little candy ‘fun sizes?’ Wouldn’t it be more fun to eat a big one?”Wow, Debi, what a flavorful question. Let me chew on that a little with my sweet tooth.Candy has been around throughout recorded history. Actually, ancient civilizations prized it even befo...

Gingerbread Makes 20 to 25 1-inch pieces 12 to 14 slices Stale white bread 1 cup honey 1 tbsp. ground ginger 3⁄4 tsp. ground long pepper (a spice like...

The Jena Giants football team did not get the win against Union Parish last Friday night during their semifinal game…or did they? When the final secon...

It was just a few years ago, maybe twenty or so, that I decided I wanted a real live Christmas tree instead of the customary artificial one that I had...