Saturday, September 5, 2009

Mississippi Blues Trail -- Papa Lightfoot

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*Caption: Founder of the Natchez Bluff Blues Festival and Natchez Blues Heritage Association Eric Glatzer and Director of Cultural Heritage...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Natchez Characters - Tommy Polk 2009 Kisatchi-Delta Regional Grassroots Citizen of the Year

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Kisatchie-Delta Regional Executive Director Heather Smoak Urena presenting 2009 Regional Grassroots Citizen award to Tommy Polk Natc...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Matters Familia - Hidden Treasures

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My great aunt Annet could render some beautiful scenes in pen and ink. In the entire time I knew her, though, I'd never seen he...
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Natchez Characters - Phil and Jimmi Lou Vasser

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Our friend Courtney Taylor has a new article in Country Roads Magazine this month about two of our favorite Natchez characters -- Phil and ...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Natchez Characters -- Cee Tee Kelly: The Perfect Storm

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The phone was ringing. Mission Impossible was on TV or maybe Bonanza . "Hello?" "Mister Pritchett?" "Yes?...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Do You Do Voodoo?

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*Woodcut print "Karma" by Chelsea Semb Shantybellum sports a couple of little Voodoo dolls in the kitchen. One of our guests, Chel...
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Sunday, July 5, 2009

New Friends at Shantybellum -- Diana and Paul Gessler

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*Click on the photos to see full size. They're wonderful! The first two pictures are four journal pages from the Gesslers' trip th...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy Fourth of July

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Last night friends gathered on the porch perched on the edge of the bluff over dark water, waiting. No breeze blew. Mosquitos feasted on our...
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Bingo Starr at the Carriage House

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Courtney has an article in the July issue of Country Roads Magazine about the new chef -- Bingo Starr -- at The Carriage House Restaurant ...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Road Trippin' Concordia Parish

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Elodie's got an article in this month's issue (July) of Louisiana Road Trip Magazine . The article is in .pdf format, page 17. *phot...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

I am Misssissippi

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Matters Familias - Daddy

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In 1980, I married and moved to Los Angeles where I stayed for 27 years. As the years crept by, I began to worry about my parents, who wer...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

The Phantom of Kingston Road

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The first time I noticed him it was the holidays – I can’t remember if it was Thanksgiving or Christmas. I was driving home on Kingston Road...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Guitar by By Verlon Thompson, a friend of Tommy's

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

PUPPIES!!!!!

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I'm happy to announce that all the puppies have found homes. I'm keeping the mama dog, whom I've named Madonna. She's the ...
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Monday, June 8, 2009

Side Trips on the Blues Highway - Beauty & Redemption in the Belly of the Beast

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Angola Prison has always fascinated me. Trips to Baton Rouge or New Orleans always took me past the sign on Highway 61 just north of St. Fr...
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Monday, June 1, 2009

Found Items

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71st Annual Commencement Program Natchez Institute, 1916 Double click on the photo to view closeup
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Matters Familia - Ephemera

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As some of you may already know, I have a little online bookstore. I'm forever venturing out to libraries, Goodwill and Salvation Army ...