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Lagniappe

Lagniappe is a word used mostly in southern Louisana and southeastern Texas and it means a little something extra. Normally, it’s something you get for free when you buy something else. Say you order the gumbo and the restaurant brings it out with a healthy serving of the cheese bread the chef just baked, that [...]

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Odyssey’s End

There’s a monster living in my garage. No, seriously. Well, part of one anyway. My youngest little dude finished his Odyssey of the Mind competition the day before my unfortunate hospitalization so I haven’t had a chance to tell you about it yet. Consider this my chance. It’s also your chance to run, but this [...]

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Clean Clothes

Before we begin, a quick message. Happy birthday, Dad! And now back to our regularly scheduled program. Sundays used to be a very busy time for me. That was the day that I did all the laundry. That is, all the laundry for five people. It was not fun. It was, however, efficient. I had [...]

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