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This Weekend is All About Daffodils
Southern gardens offer ways to honor that brilliant harbinger of spring - the daffodil.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 4, 20222 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.”

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 4, 20223 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."

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 2, 20226 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.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Feb 25, 20223 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.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Feb 22, 20222 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.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Feb 22, 20223 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.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 31, 20222 min read


Ziplining a life experience. Who knew?
Ziplining over Coldwater Creek in Northwest Florida with Adventures Unlimited.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 24, 20223 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.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 11, 20222 min read


Passports to Fun
We hardly need a reason to visit breweries, wineries and cideries, but it doesn’t hurt to have incentives.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 7, 20223 min read


Take 5: Get Your Read On in Mississippi indie bookstores
There are many indie bookstores in the South but the award goes to Mississippi, known for some of the finest American literary figures.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 29, 20213 min read


Southern Winter Irony
The Winter Solstice - how the darkest night brings us hope.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 21, 20212 min read


Chasing Snowbirds in Alabama
More than 14,000 Sandhill cranes spend their winters at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 11, 20212 min read


Holiday Happenings
Southern towns that celebrate the holidays in unique and unusual ways.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 6, 20213 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.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 4, 20212 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,

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Nov 19, 20213 min read


Operation: Art of Valor
For veterans in St. Petersburg, Florida, art is a healing tool at the Morean Arts Center.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Nov 9, 20213 min read


Fear the Woods in Central Georgia!
There's a creepy side to the family-friendly Yule Forest in Stockbridge, Georgia. It emerges every fall.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 29, 20212 min read


Go Nuts Over the Bushy Tail Art Trail
Squirrels are going nuts about this new arts initiative in Henry County, Georgia. And when you see why, you'll agree.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 27, 20212 min read


What’s haunting Americus, Georgia?
Americus Haunted History Tour with native historian Steve Short offers histories of several sites in town.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 25, 20214 min read
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