Drive to Arrive

I think that the way we drive says a lot about the way we live.  Many motorists on our roadways are aggressive drivers; some go to extremes and become angry drivers or even suffer road rage.  Others claim to be competitive but not aggressive drivers who fiercely reach their destination by outsmarting others in their […]

Mardi Gras

The origins of Mardi Gras can be traced to Medieval Europe.  Our American rituals are rooted mainly with practices dating back to 17th Century France when King Louis XIV commissioned explorers to establish colonies in the New World.  French-Canadians, Jean Baptiste Bienville and Pierre d’Iberville, went south around modern-day Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, […]