October is almost upon us and if you’re me, your thoughts are turning to the spooky and the haunted. And if you live in south Louisiana, you’ve probably heard of our most-haunted house: The Myrtles Plantation. Now, The Myrtles is not one of those productions where someone people jump out…
If you know me in real life then you know that I adore all things haunted and spooky. I’m also a TOTAL CHICKEN but that doesn’t stop me from attempting to check out all the scary, haunted things in the area. So when I saw an ad for family-friendly ghost…
If you’re anything like me, you exist in two planes of south Louisiana – the New Orleans area and Lafayette. Everything else is drive over country and a green blur from I-10 with the notable exception of Baton Rouge which is a traffic snarled pylon-studded landscape of restaurants and personal…
This is not a hagiography of Ruth Bader Ginsberg (RBG), the Supreme Court Justice, Judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, lawyer for the ACLU, or law professor. This is a story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the working mother and wife well ahead of her time. How Ginsberg got…
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by Toni McClung. Toni and I have been blog buddies for close to fifteen years now and I have always admired her writing. This post originally appeared on her blog Fighting Insanity which is a wonderful mashup of wisdom and real life….
I’m sending my kids back to school. Am I selfish and would rather my kids die and/or spread a deadly virus than deal with them myself? No. I am just as terrified as anyone could be. I have weighed my options, looked at my past experiences, and made a decision…
The first day of kindergarten is a milestone my 5 year old and I have been anticipating for a long time. We would talk about what it would be like, what things she would learn, and how much fun she would have. In all this anticipation, we did not anticipate…
We’re all a little nervous about back to school this year. Maybe not all for the same reasons but we’re definitely all feeling it. We decided to gather some local moms together to discuss how everyone is feeling. Here’s the result.
With private schools reopening and public schools not far behind, you might be wondering how things will be handled if someone in your child’s school comes home with covid. Or you might be wondering what you are supposed to be do if your child is exposed to covid outside of…
After a long wait, the St. Tammany Parish School Board has released their plan for the 2020-21 school year. It is very similar to what we’ve seen in other local districts primarily because so many of the decisions for students were made by the state and not by St. Tammany….