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  • Ernest McMurray, “Papa Lumberjack”
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 16
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 15
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 14
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 13
  • Diamonds, Discovery and Déjà vu
  • Humble Beginnings, Generational Impact: The Felterman Family and the Shaping of a Small Town in South Louisiana
  • In memoriam of Mr. Frank Cali from Author Steve Achord
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 12
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 11
  • Blackberries & Baseball
  • Page Johnson
  • Summertime Joys: A Prelude to Some of my Favorite Memories
  • Fear, Pain, Death. A Letter from Mauthausen, Austria
  • Greyhounds & Saints
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 10
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Chapter 9
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 8
  • Hayrides and Hot Chocolate Memories
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 7
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Ch. 6
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Chapter 5
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Chapter 4
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Chapter 3
  • Carpooling with Carlos, Chapter 2
  • Shrimp Boats
    Carpooling with Carlos, Chapter 1
  • Amelia Earhart
    The Spirit of Patterson
  • Flint Hills Panorama
    She Doesn’t Mind at All
  • Football & Frito Pies
  • You Want it When?
  • The Journey
  • Things High School Seniors Do
  • 1976
  • Boys, Here’s Poydras Street
  • Pinball Wizard Wannabe
  • A Screwball and a Gayla Bat Kite
  • Momma Said Yes
  • Flooded Streets
  • Things I Miss
  • On The Water
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Author: Steve Achord

October Smiles
poetry

October Smiles

Slowly Fall descends Cooling the bayou from above October makes me smile. Friday night football High School kisses after the … Continue reading October Smiles

Welcome
Note from the Author

Welcome

The years have come and gone but the memories remain. Memories of a distant place, of a different time, of … Continue reading Welcome

Ronald Reagan
Back to the Bayou

Ronald Reagan

Throughout our lives, we never know what event, what person, or perhaps how a particular situation will make an impact … Continue reading Ronald Reagan

PIA Over the Atlantic
Back to the Bayou

PIA Over the Atlantic

During the summer of 1979, prior to my sophomore year in high school, I started working at Ken’s Donut and Ice Cream Shop … Continue reading PIA Over the Atlantic

Hattie Watts
Back to the Bayou

Hattie Watts

Kindergarten graduation had come and gone and the summer of 1970 was quickly coming to an end. I was headed … Continue reading Hattie Watts

Bar Pits
Son of a Preacher Man

Bar Pits

My dad’s Volkswagen Beetle bounced along the top of the levee, spilling a trail of dust behind us. Trapped in … Continue reading Bar Pits

Kool King Drive In
Back to the Bayou

Kool King Drive In

As our country prepared to celebrate its bicentennial in 1976, my working career began. Two blocks from my house, sitting … Continue reading Kool King Drive In

Caught in a Sticky Situation
Son of a Preacher Man

Caught in a Sticky Situation

From across the nation, individuals and families moved into St. Mary Parish, and throughout South Louisiana in the 1960’s and … Continue reading Caught in a Sticky Situation

Son of a Preacher Man
Son of a Preacher Man

Son of a Preacher Man

In the former parsonage of the First Baptist Church of Patterson was the church nursery. This residence-turned-nursery school, preschool, Sunday … Continue reading Son of a Preacher Man

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