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By Andrea Kostyal, READ MORE > 135 Reads
On Fri, 06/19/2020 - 01:20 PM

This is a mixed media oil painting on canvas inspired by the 2020 pandemic. This is fully affecting my artistic work - so did the 2008 recession and the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I’m fortunate to spend this time capturing the moment through my paintings as my voice in the transition to a new normal, what is our present.

Carrying On

By Abigail Lenz Allen, READ MORE > 166 Reads
On Fri, 06/19/2020 - 12:10 PM

When I was about my daughter’s age, I remember asking my mother if I was going to make it to see adulthood.
I asked her that question because - at the time - the news was telling me I should be terrified of nuclear annihilation. Or maybe it was the Russians.
Or maybe it was both..

Crescent Quarantine

By Rob Walker, READ MORE > 302 Reads
On Fri, 06/05/2020 - 03:47 PM

"I really wanted to get some shots of the French Quarter before the city really opened up. Carly Gustafson was willing to be my assistant for the evening so we loaded up. The Quarter wasn’t completely empty, but close to it. We quickly discovered we were in a very different world.

This Close

By George Brown, READ MORE > 239 Reads
On Fri, 06/05/2020 - 03:44 PM

Keep your friends close

6 feet's a million miles away

Everyday feels like an appointment

But we're always running late

We keep praying for tomorrow

But don't dream as much as yesterday

And all this love invested

2020 With Love

By Vixon Sullivan, READ MORE > 177 Reads
On Fri, 06/05/2020 - 03:03 PM

This item is inspired by a positive approach to a difficult situation. 2020 has been hard for everyone and we have your frontline workers to thank for helping us through these unusual times. We make it safer for each other and ourselves when we care from a distance.

Feelings

By Haskel Burns, READ MORE > 205 Reads
On Fri, 06/05/2020 - 01:50 PM

I’m going to start off by apologizing to everybody reading this column, because we all – each and every one of us – are dealing with the same situation, and what you’re going to read here is nothing that we all haven’t heard hundreds of times over.

Fog

By josh Casper, READ MORE > 229 Reads
On Fri, 06/05/2020 - 01:30 PM

I really wanted to call this “Love in the Time of Corona” – but of course there are about 60 other think-pieces with this title and maybe we’re all tired of seeing it.

Prologue: Something’s alive in me, and it’s called hope

By Joshua Wilson, READ MORE > 715 Reads
On Fri, 06/05/2020 - 01:22 PM

Life changes in the blink of an eye, doesn’t it?

From Hattiesburg to Hollywood: Wesley Eure

By Joshua Wilson, READ MORE > 3,118 Reads
On Fri, 03/13/2020 - 02:40 PM

It was a bleak and damp Wednesday morning in early February when I connected by phone with Wesley Eure (pronounced “your,”) who grew up in Hattiesburg and went on to become an actor, singer and wearer of many other hats.

Food with Friends: STEAK ‘N SHAKE

By Jamie Massengale, READ MORE > 1,571 Reads
On Fri, 03/13/2020 - 12:48 PM

A FOOD WITH FRIENDS FIRST

Brittany wasn’t able to join us for our burger brunch, so we had Kyle Baughman join us again as our stand-in. Kyle is the man behind Hub City Stained Glass, and he also plays a mean mandolin.

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