Graduate studies in Studio Jazz Writing (composition), along with a paid teaching assistance-ship and a Fellowship at the Henry Mancini Institute are on the docket.

People all across the UK showed their gratitude for the sacrifices of those in the National Health Care System who are on the front line of the crisis – and they were doing it together, but from a safe distance.

TCM has found an alternative, innovative and high-spirited way to go forward with their film festival, stopping the coronovirus from killing the event altogether.

My mom used to make little toasts like this, but the recipe has been lost, so I made up a new one. The Grill-Meister was a big fan.

Physical isolation and all of the uncertainty brought about by Covid-19’s impact to our entire existence is the new normal, and it’s time to rejoin the social world.

The story this picture tells is the relentless march of “progress” and how we continue to eradicate nature in favor of more and more and more and MORE cement and “convenience”.

This whimsical little white gazebo on a golf course doesn’t get much mainstream gazebo action.

Winter will make way for spring, in many ways.

We are in anticipation mode again – y’all know we love our Jazz Fest! – and looking to stoke up our NOLA daydreams via our tastebuds. This time, we chose something totally new to our kitchen: crawfish bread.

The grocery store had everything we needed, plus a coastal-Mississippi-right-before-Mardi-Gras culinary cultural tour.

Yours truly is the interviewee in this podcast, and I’m talking about culture, knowledge management and lessons learned.

A brown pelican dictates a conservation haiku.

Cooking and eating are communal activities, and shared memories form very easily when food is involved.

Everything needs a foundation; you can’t just jump into something without laying the groundwork and expect it to work.

Chef Susan Spicer of Bayona did a captivating cooking demonstration at Jazz Fest in 2019.

Conversations with my Dad about the meaning of classic films we watched helped to form my values and view of the world.