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I am a freelance writer living in New Orleans, Louisiana. I have written a number articles for local and regional publications including Offbeat, Gulf Coast Arts Review, Shot In LA, Jazz South, Data Newsweekly, New Orleans Style and The Louisiana Weekly.

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Hobbies & Games > Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts Great ways to get started scrapbooking: 1 of 37
Scrapbooking is a fun and easy, kid-friendly activity that is very simple to get started at for just a few dollars. A quick trip to the dollar store for some basic supplies and your own creativity are all that you need to get started preserving your memories with scrapbooking.Where to Begin: SuppliesGetting started is as easy... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) Why cooking is popular: 1 of 25
If cooking at home is becoming more popular these days it may be due in part to the large variety of cooking shows currently available to television audiences. Bobby Flay, Rachel Ray and Paula Dean are just a few personalities who are household names with faces easily recognizable to international audiences. Even shows like... More..
Business > Online Business (Other) Is online shopping a better way to shop?: 2 of 24
Shopping online brings a world of choices to our lives in ways that shopping offline does not. Online stores are open 24 hours a day 7 days a week making it possible to shop when it is most convenient to do so. Almost any item imaginable can be purchased via the internet easily and almost effortlessly and many websites offe... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet (Other) How I use the internet: 3 of 35
At the time I first ventured onto the internet I didn't know very much about it let alone the potential of what it could be used for. I had seen journalists in movies and on television accessing some kind of massive computer library of information and I assumed the internet functioned much like that. When I first discovered t... More..
Food & Drink > Candy & Desserts Top ten sweets: 3 of 33
With the existence of so many different candies, cookies, cakes, pies, and every other sweet thing in between, it can be hard to narrow down our favorite confections to a mere top ten. The appreciation for all things sweet begins early on in life from that very first taste of candy in childhood. It then blossoms in the teen y... More..
Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts Why you should teach your children to sew: 2 of 22
I teach enrichment classes part time at a K-8 charter school. Last year the school's business manager stopped me in the hall one afternoon and said she had thought of me over the weekend. Her daughter-in-law been about to discard a throw pillow because of a ripped seam. She said she had taken the young woman by the hand and l... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Healing through writing: 6 of 56
Healing from a loss or disappointment or some other kind of setback takes time. The key to moving forward from grief or other internal pain is in developing an awareness of it so it ceases to be quite as painful. One means of getting to this point is writing. From simple journal or even letter writing that gets your feelings ... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) How to devein shrimp: 1 of 9
Shrimp are a versatile and tasty ingredient to use when preparing, appetizers, salads, soups and entrees. Fresh shrimp can be purchased a number of ways: in the shells with or without heads, without the shells and deveined, or as is often the case with small shrimp, without shells and not having been deveined. The reason f... More..
Autos > Autos (Other) Is emergency roadside assistance worth the money?: 1 of 7
When it comes to roadside assistance the bottom line is it's a little like having certain kinds of insurance; you may pay for it for years and years and may never need it, but that one time that you're on the road someplace and you have a flat or your car breaks down, you're really glad that you do have it. When I was 19 I f... More..
Education > Primary School Issues What subjects should be taught to our children as enhancements to their lives: 1 of 6
Holding the attention of today's children long and well enough to keep them not only interested in a particular subject but excited about learning is a tremendous challenge. Traditional education is basically a low-tech endeavor that hardly competes with the modern multi-media excitement of Wii, X-boxes, Playstations and the ... More..