http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson An American Press Blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:16:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At our last visit, I wrote about giving your child(ren) a child-friendly education at the Audubon Zoo: "So our tour is not yet done and neither is your child’s summer. Hang onto your ticket. Autumn is around the bend and it is probably the best time to take your child out of ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=878 When I first began writing this column I was told by close family members not to write about Louisiana's educational or political systems. In other words: Stay in safe coastal waterways and out of the Gulf during hurricane season. Keeping  my opinion silent on the political arena is easy. I have ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=805 While Brooke Rhodes was treating us to McAlister Deli's free iced tea, I was shopping at Brookshire Brothers for more coffee where each 13 oz. package was on sale for $2.99. Can you blame me? It occured to me after I posted that I had forgotten to mention any health or ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=793 Recently I visited MawMaw in her bright yellow kitchen. Her lifelong friend Ms. Bobbie was there visiting as well and drinking coffee...of course. MawMaw worked for Ms. Bobbie's grandmother in days gone by and often says that kind family gave her own family the gift of Christmastime. Grandpa Crochet was a sharecropper and ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=735 July + Louisiana heat = 6 cans of Pet Milk (has to be Pet Milk to taste really good and flavorable...plain milk will not do)...pour into a large bowl. 6 eggs, separated...beat eggs yokes slightly, whip egg whites until frothy like sea foam. Fold egg yokes into egg whites. Add 2 cups sugar and ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=707 The creator at CurrClick reveals: "Has your child been asking more questions about the recent oil spill than you have time to answer? I hope you find this mini-study to be very useful during this time. I put this unit together to try and give my children more understanding about what ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=696 This whole summer has been a baptism of oil upon the Gulf and it will be remembered as such. Last time I wrote here I focused on the goodness of the Gulf.  I wanted people to remember the good things despite the flaws that exist along our shores. Now our ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=677 I stood looking at the Gulf of Mexico; deliberating it. My husband and daughters were playing tag with the surfs and they needed another floatie device. I had it...and they needed it. The reason for my deliberation was not what you would think. In fact, there were no tar balls, oil, ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=629 My friend Christy posted an offering on Facebook: "Local Friends: Anyone want some cucumbers??????" I felt her weight. Anyone who planted a garden in Southwest Louisiana this spring is now wheelbarrowing in their own vegetable supply of cucumbers, squash, zucchini, bell peppers, and tons of green onion. Abundantly so. Those who didn't ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=600 Part I Part 2 Before getting back in our cars to head to the entrance of Avery Island, a short walk takes us past pineapple jugs of palm trees into the Bamboo Garden where dreadlocks of bamboo are as sparse as a cancer patient's hair during chemo.  I have my own list ... http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpGibson/?p=577