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Gracia Harrison plays Crows Mill Pub this Saturday night. Greetings fellow travelers, as we're coming 'round the bend, heading out of the pandemic parking lot and back onto the highway of how it used to be. Please continue to be diligent in being careful and staying safe so that our adventure may continue, working through the muck and back to solid ground. As more and more live music gets added each week to our listings, good signs for the road ahead include a couple of new places having music, continued expansion of weeknight gigs and the sp...

Prolific children’s author Jane Yolen readies 400th book Updated Feb 28, 2021; Posted Feb 28, 2021 Author Jane Yolen of Hatfield will publish her 400th book, "Bear Outside," on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Photo by Jason Stemple) Facebook Share And although she is 82, she just might reach the 500 mark. “I have 130 unsold manuscripts. I have about 30 already under contract and written and about 10 more promised, some written, some not,” Yolen said. Inspired by her family, her new husband “and every single thing I read, watch, find, dream about or fear,” Yolen’s 400th book, “Bear Ou...

>> yes, that was his name. this is jerry peters, dressed as a mardi gras indian. the only photo that survived the storm. jerry grew up in new or lean. one of 11 kids. he had two children of his own. >> what was your uncle like? >> very, very loving person. very, very supportive. he was my baseball coach, of course. >> he taught you huh to play baseball? >> taught me huh to play baseball. taught me huh to play football. >> the morning of the storm, pastor darby called his uncle. the rest of the family were evacuating to houston. it was the last time she would speak to uncle fat. >> the was our ...

There is some things you never forget. some images you never forget. seeing your uncle is something i will never forget. and it's nice to know who he was. a lot of people lose loved ones. and never know. does it bother-up to not know what happened? >> you know, initially it did. i found some measure of solace and comfort in the fact that -- god knows, you know, there are certain things in life, anderson, and that are inexplicable. that's one of them. you know? and so -- this, this is some measure again

We didn't know his name. we didn't know how he ended up here. rescue crews were, too busy focused on trying to save those who were still living to even think about recovering the dead. at that point. ten years later, however, we do know who that man was. his name was jerry peters. he was 64 years old. and it turns out his family goes back generations in new orleans. jared peter's great grandfather founded a small church on this plot of land in new orleans 7th ward in 1918. his name was joseph davis. today, the church is run by pastor jerry darby, his nephew. hello. so nice to meet you, pastor....