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This special memory was shared by our maternal Uncle John on May 29, 2014: “We appreciate so much your research and posting of this page on Bill’s Cafe, and all that has been contributed and posted, and for your …
The buzzing surrounded them like the low hum of an engine. To her, the sound had the quality of man-made machinery. Realization that the noise was of a natural origin made her curious and amazed. Granny had said …
On this date, April 15th, in 1938 our maternal grandfather, Papaw Bill opened his cafe in the downtown location where Brooks Drugs is today in Jonesville, Louisiana. BILL LaPRARIE BUYS NEW LOCATION FOR RESTAURANT April 15, 1938 New Place Now …
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I’m sharing a delightful poem from the cookbook by Pisgah Baptist Church’s Our Cherished Recipes, 1991 written by my Granny’s oldest sister, Ruth. This cookbook means the world to me, not only because of my relatives’ recipes are inside, but it …
Our maternal great aunt Ruth McMillin was a writer of poetry and had several published. Here is one she shared in her church’s cookbook Pisgah Baptist Church, Manifest, Louisiana – Our Cherished Recipes, 1991 Breaking of Day As I sit and …
While my sisters and I were in college, we would traditionally spend Christmas at my Aunt Irmarie’s home in West Memphis. A week or so before Christmas, Jennifer and I’d drive up from LSU in Baton Rouge and pick up …
Our mother, Nelda, shared her thoughts on patience through this handwritten note found in her bible: “Patience – The ability to dwell gladly in the present moment when you have a reason to desire to depart from it” — Nelda …
In honor of my mother’s birthday, November 15th, I am sharing one of my poems inspired by her. Lady Seafarer There was a lady who loved the sea She longed the ocean to be her home Fore there was no …
Jennifer and I were playing on the living room floor. As I was pushing a shoe with a perfume bottle in it, which to me was car and its driver, I heard a knock at the front door. I felt …
Now available, just in time for the holiday season, three original works for the book lover in your life! I Come to the Garden is now available at Amazon’s Createspace bookstore! This is a collection of poems by Lucy Dee Wright …