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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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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 29, 20212 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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 27, 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.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 25, 20214 min read
What’s haunting Americus, Georgia?
Americus Haunted History Tour with native historian Steve Short offers histories of several sites in town.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Be Kind to Your Ta-Tas!
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the country today and one of the most fatal. And it's avoidable!
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 15, 20212 min read
Skip Back in Time at South Louisiana Cemeteries
Two South Louisiana towns offer cemetery tours this time of year.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 13, 20216 min read
Geauxst Hunting at LSU
An excerpt from “Haunted Baton Rouge” by Bud Steed, published by The History Press.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 10, 20216 min read
The Haunting of Evelyn Cheesman & Her Magic Violin
Piecing together the life of Evelyn Pearl Cheesman and "Her Magic Violin."
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 6, 20213 min read
A Ghostly Show Goes on at the Tampa Theater
Tampa’s haunted heritage includes the Tampa Theater and a ghost named Fink.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Angels in Natchez, Mississippi
The annual Angels on the Bluff is the long-running candlelit tour of the Natchez City Cemetery.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Sep 18, 20212 min read
A Purr-fectly Fun Fountain
Product review of The Magic Feline Fountain and other cat products from My Lovely Feline.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Sep 16, 20212 min read
The Annual Return to Mayberry
The North Carolina town that inspired the show celebrates native Andy Griffith.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Thomas Wolfe's Angel
A marble statue becomes immortal in fiction. William Oliver Wolfe was a stonecutter who created tombstones and monuments from his shop in...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 22, 20214 min read
The Legend of Blue Moon Bayou
This short story was originally published in The Times of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. It became part of my second book of The Viola...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 7, 20212 min read
Make Mine Mead
Celebrate an old worldwide alcoholic tradition! Today marks the 19th annual Mead Day, celebrated yearly on the first Saturday in August....
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 8, 20213 min read
The Day the Civil War Stopped
Sometimes there's grace even in war. I live in a Georgia town where Union soldiers are buried in a national cemetery and the Confederates...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 5, 20212 min read
Happy Trails with a Hike Through Kennesaw
On this National Trails Day, check out the beauty of a Civil War site that exists in the shadow of tragedy. Kennesaw Mountain National...
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