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    The Three-legged cat of Natchez
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • 9 hours ago
    • 1 min

    The Three-legged cat of Natchez

    A limping stray cat in Natchez, Mississippi, captured the hearts of City Hall.
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    Writer Spotlight: Mike Nemeth
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • 6 days ago
    • 3 min

    Writer Spotlight: Mike Nemeth

    Spotlight on Author Mike Nemeth.
    49 views2 comments
    Authentic Mexico in downtown Atlanta
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • May 5
    • 2 min

    Authentic Mexico in downtown Atlanta

    If you’re searching for true Mexican cuisine and less of the commercialized fare, take a drive down Buford Highway in Atlanta.
    11 views0 comments
    Reliving an Alabama Distillery Raid
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • May 2
    • 2 min

    Reliving an Alabama Distillery Raid

    The South loves a good reenactment, including a law enforcement raid on a moonshine still.
    21 views0 comments
    Best Winery in the U.S. is in Gatlinburg?
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Apr 26
    • 2 min

    Best Winery in the U.S. is in Gatlinburg?

    Mydatingadviser.com studied more than 700 U.S. wineries and the top three were in Tennessee!
    22 views3 comments
    The Odd Bayou Art of Kenny Hill
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Apr 20
    • 1 min

    The Odd Bayou Art of Kenny Hill

    Bricklayer Kenny Hill settled in the small bayou town of Chauvin in 1988, erecting a tent on a bayou-side lot while he built his home.
    23 views2 comments
    The buried leg of John Bell Hood
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Apr 15
    • 3 min

    The buried leg of John Bell Hood

    Alongside the road in the woods of northwest Georgia lies a grave containing only a leg.
    36 views1 comment
    The Demise of Jasper 'Jack' Daniel
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 30
    • 3 min

    The Demise of Jasper 'Jack' Daniel

    Jasper Newton Daniel, otherwise known as Jack, created one of the world's finest whiskeys. But an impulsive moment took his life.
    30 views2 comments
    New Orleans Events for LGBTQ+ Visitors
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 12
    • 3 min

    New Orleans Events for LGBTQ+ Visitors

    New Orleans is a welcoming place, a town where visitors can release their inhibitions and don their natural personalities.
    38 views0 comments
    This Weekend is All About Daffodils
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 4
    • 2 min

    This Weekend is All About Daffodils

    Southern gardens offer ways to honor that brilliant harbinger of spring - the daffodil.
    110 views1 comment
    Jazz Fest's Baby Steps
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 4
    • 3 min

    Jazz Fest's Baby Steps

    Tulane University Special Collections honors the New Orleans Jazz Fest with “Music IS the Scene: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979.”
    8 views0 comments
    Writer Spotlight: Jason P. Reed
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 2
    • 6 min

    Writer Spotlight: Jason P. Reed

    Jason Reed writes novels about his home in South Louisiana, what he calls "a wonderfully weird, welcoming place."
    11 views0 comments
    Kimberly Willis Holt's Louisiana Sky
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Feb 25
    • 3 min

    Kimberly Willis Holt's Louisiana Sky

    Kimberly Willis Holt is an award-winning author who incorporates experiences in Louisiana in her youth within her stories.
    14 views0 comments
    What’s your 2022 word? Mine is Eco-Tourism
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Feb 23
    • 2 min

    What’s your 2022 word? Mine is Eco-Tourism

    The beauty of the South is in its people, traditions, its vast cultures derived from a myriad of diverse peoples and its road trips.
    17 views1 comment
    Get rockin’ at Georgia’s 10th Monadnock Madness
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Feb 22
    • 3 min

    Get rockin’ at Georgia’s 10th Monadnock Madness

    The natural uniqueness of Panola, Arabia and Kennesaw mountains outside Atlanta is why the state offers Monadnock Madness during March.
    198 views0 comments
    The Falling of Age
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jan 31
    • 2 min

    The Falling of Age

    A guest blog post by Karen Ott Mayer, who writes from Moon Hollow Farm, located among towering trees in north Mississippi’s Hill Country.
    84 views0 comments
    Ziplining a life experience. Who knew?
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jan 24
    • 3 min

    Ziplining a life experience. Who knew?

    Ziplining over Coldwater Creek in Northwest Florida with Adventures Unlimited.
    21 views1 comment
    Thousands haunt Charleston's Old City Jail
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jan 11
    • 2 min

    Thousands haunt Charleston's Old City Jail

    Bulldog Tours of Charleston offers a creepy look inside one of the South's most haunted places.
    10 views0 comments
    Passports to Fun
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jan 7
    • 3 min

    Passports to Fun

    We hardly need a reason to visit breweries, wineries and cideries, but it doesn’t hurt to have incentives.
    30 views0 comments
    Take 5: Get Your Read On in Mississippi
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    Take 5: Get Your Read On in Mississippi

    There are many indie bookstores in the South but the award goes to Mississippi, known for some of the finest American literary figures.
    96 views0 comments
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