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Coin toss determines ‘Ponderings’
I flipped a quarter this week to determine the subject matter to Ponder. I had choices. I was downtown all day Saturday for the Christmas Festival. I had an amazingly great time. If you were not ...
Dec 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Florida’s weed is Cenla’s winter treasure
This beautiful tree is blooming in my yard right now. I can never get enough of its beautiful yellow flowers. In the Cassia/ Senna family there are over 500 species, so there is plenty to choose f...
Dec 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Best buys for guys: Clueless girl’s guide to what he really wants for Christmas
Manager of new business Cypress Knee Outdoors Adam McDonald holds a Jackal Crossbow by Barnett. The combo deal is the store’s best-selling item. It comes ready to shoot with a quiver, three arrow...
Dec 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beverly Giering, left, and Jeanette Gunter stand on the porch of the original Santa Claus House.  It was rebuilt in 1984 and moved to a new location in 1995.
The Santa Claus House: One boy’s wish made thousands of dreams come true
The Santa Claus House, a downtown fixture for over 50 years, started with a young boy's unanswered wish to meet St. Nicolas. Sadie Maggio Dark says the story began when her late sister's son, Barry...
Dec 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A puppy for Christmas is ‘self-inflicted’ pain
We did the dumbest thing in the history of dumb things. We own two female chocolate Labs. They are old and slow moving. I have one that will get out of the house and run away. She runs for four ho...
Dec 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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What's Your Line?
Dec. 7, 1941. A day forever burned in the hearts and minds of Americans from every corner of this country. For my father, it must have been a day from the depths of hell itself as he and his fel...
Dec 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Princess wakes up from a nap in the window display.
Beloved Front Street cat passes away
J. Michael Kenny's beloved 14-year old cat, Princess, died of kidney failure Monday night. The iconic feline regularly decorated the window display in Kenny's quaint downtown shop, The Book Merchan...
Dec 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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What will you do with leaves?
Last week I told you about why the leaves are so beautiful and colorful this year. But they do not stay beautiful (at least visually) for long. Soon they will drop from the branches and end up on...
Dec 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kaffie Frederick is a theological place
I don’t make Christmas shopping lists any longer. I take a picture. If my wife picks up something and makes the “this would be a nice gift for me” sound, as she walks past I will take out my came...
Nov 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Burley Johnson of Natchitoches creates one-of-a-kind fishing flies.  they will be for sale at the Fleur de Lis Christmas Craft Market Saturday, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Homemade flies to be sold at Craft Market
Retired teacher and coach, Burley Johnson, Jr., of Natchitoches has discovered the art of fly tying and fly fishing. The father of two and grandfather of three spends his free time at his vise tyin...
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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