There Goes Connie

The first thing on our agenda for Saturday in Lafayette, LA was a Cajun Food Tour. We arrived at the designated meeting place, boarded the small bus, met our guide and fellow foodies and headed out around 10:00 a.m. for a "three hour tour." (Isn't that what the Gilligan's Island song says)? Cajun Food Tours - a Must-Do in Lafayette, LA Cajun Food Tours is a business owned and op...

Steve and I love Louisiana -- the food, the people, the Zydeco music, the culture, and the natural environment. We wanted to take a short trip "just because we could" when he finally worked his last day as a veterinarian, so we chose to explore some places in Louisiana that were new to us. Follow along in these blog posts for places we enjoyed and can recommend to you. I'll begi...

My mother, Mildred Rose Collier, a year or so before she died. This is one of my all-time favorite photos of her. Forty years ago tonight, my mother took her last breath on earth and her first breath in heaven. She was 55 years old. Her death from a brain aneurysm was completely unexpected and staggeringly sad to all the loved ones she left behind. My dad, brother, sister, and I...