Cheré Dastugue Coen
The buried leg of John Bell Hood
Alongside the road in the woods of northwest Georgia lies a grave containing only a leg.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 12, 20223 min read
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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 4, 20222 min read
This Weekend is All About Daffodils
Southern gardens offer ways to honor that brilliant harbinger of spring - the daffodil.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 4, 20223 min read
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.”
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 2, 20226 min read
Writer Spotlight: Jason P. Reed
Jason Reed writes novels about his home in South Louisiana, what he calls "a wonderfully weird, welcoming place."
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Feb 25, 20223 min read
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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Feb 22, 20222 min read
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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Feb 22, 20223 min read
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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 31, 20222 min read
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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Ziplining a life experience. Who knew?
Ziplining over Coldwater Creek in Northwest Florida with Adventures Unlimited.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Thousands haunt Charleston's Old City Jail
Bulldog Tours of Charleston offers a creepy look inside one of the South's most haunted places.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 7, 20223 min read
Passports to Fun
We hardly need a reason to visit breweries, wineries and cideries, but it doesn’t hurt to have incentives.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 29, 20213 min read
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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 21, 20212 min read
Southern Winter Irony
The Winter Solstice - how the darkest night brings us hope.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 11, 20212 min read
Chasing Snowbirds in Alabama
More than 14,000 Sandhill cranes spend their winters at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 6, 20213 min read
Holiday Happenings
Southern towns that celebrate the holidays in unique and unusual ways.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 4, 20212 min read
Happy Birthday Bunk Johnson
The Bunk Johnson Jazz, Arts, and Heritage Festival and Shadows-on-the-Teche will celebrate New Iberia’s Bunk Johnson with a surprise party.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Nov 19, 20213 min read
The three graves of Robert Johnson
Legend has it that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at the Mississippi Crossroads. Where he's buried is another mystery,
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Nov 9, 20213 min read
Operation: Art of Valor
For veterans in St. Petersburg, Florida, art is a healing tool at the Morean Arts Center.
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