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My Crappy Attitude about doing a Morning Practice
I have read a hundred books, articles, and blog posts about how vital and important it is to have a morning practice, a magical morning or “here are three things to guarantee a great day”. Well, whatever, I would read these things, process it, think about it, write down what my morning practice would be, decorate the page with washi…
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Teresa Colson Burns, Medium
About Teresa Teresa Burns is the daughter of John and Janet Colson and my sister. A native of Natchitoches she’s lived most of her adult life in Lafayette, LA and is a wife and mom to four daughters. Teresa discovered her gift as a medium about ten years ago and has been using it to help others ever since. A…
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How I Grew Up
I literally grew up in a living, breathing hub of culture and history and preservation. My childhood was unusual in that I was a late in life child and was surrounded by adults. The work my Mom, Janet Ravare Colson, started doing to promote and preserve Creole culture meant that the adults I was surrounded by were academics, historians, storytellers,…
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An interview with Jodi Massengale
About Jodi Jodi was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. As part of a large extended family whose roots can be traced to Louisiana, she grew up taking summer trips back to New Orleans to visit relatives. One of these trips included a big family reunion in St. Landry Parish. These memories ignited a passion for Louisiana and Creole…
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I Did the Privilege Walk and it Changed Everything
In 2019, I was honored to be selected to be in the Emerge Louisiana class. Emerge Louisiana is a program to train Democratic women to run for office. The group of women selected were picked from across the state and weirdly I was also selected to be in the group. I was so excited, a little overwhelmed but, the first…
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The Creole Sauce Boss, Bryant Fuselier
About Bryant Bryant “Boobie” Fuselier aka The Sauce Boss is a treasure of St. Landry Parish. Bryant takes care of people here both as a nurse and with his delicious cooking. He was born and raised and still lives on his family land in Prairie Laurent, LA in between Opelousas and Leonville. He is married to Melinda Guillory Fuselier and…
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2021 Word of the Year
I’ve been selecting a Word of the Year for almost ten years. I usually get that word on a bracelet that I can wear everyday as a reminder and to focus on that word. I honestly haven’t done that great of a job with it the past couple of years. This year I wanted to put some real thought into…
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Goals for 2021!
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure for more information. Wow! Can you believe it, we finally made it to 2021. Didn’t 2020 seem like the longest and most painful year ever? I’m looking forward to the grace that I hope this year brings to us and working on my goals for 2021! I wrote about goal setting…
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Goal Making Time!
December, for me, means setting up my new planner (planner addict), deep cleaning my house and setting my goals for the new year. It’s goal making time! I’ve been setting goals for the past 12 years and it has truly made a difference in my productivity, my growth and being able to essentially give myself a report card of where…
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An interview with Dustin Fuqua
About Dustin Dusty Fuqua hails from Avoyelles Parish and resides in Cenla. Fuqua works as Chief of Resource Management at Cane River Creole National Historical Park in Natchitoches Parish. Dusty has apprenticed under John Oswald Colson aka The File’ Man for over a decade and works with the Sassafras Society to perpetuate the gumbo file’ tradition. Dusty is active in…
