Louisiana | Chet Wallace

Dec 11, 20224 min read

Louisiana Governor John McKeithen

Governor McKeithen is in the middle with my grandfather on the right. The man to the left I believe was Kenneth "Doc" Wright, my...

Nov 20, 20223 min read

Thanksgiving Memories

Me during the Thanksgiving holiday in 2010 celebrating my birthday. In my house in Marietta, Georgia. (Courtesy Chet Wallace)...

Nov 7, 20229 min read

John Kahl: A Loss to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Department

John Kahl (Courtesy of Tommy Longman) (Note to reader: This blog is an edited version of the story of John Kahl's death from my book...

Oct 23, 20228 min read

Hurricane Carmen - My First Hurricane

Track of Hurricane Carmen (Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons) I am a survivor of Hurricane Ian. But this is not the first hurricane I...

Oct 16, 20227 min read

The Belle Isle Mine Disaster of 1968: Belle Isle, Louisiana

Father O'Neill Landry and my grandfather Louisiana Sheriff Chester Baudoin having a discussion during the Belle Isle mine disaster....

Jun 22, 202210 min read

Elements of Racism in the South

(Note to reader: This is the second reflection that I submitted, on October 31, 2019, to my Southern Hip-Hop class in the Fall of 2019 at...

Mar 7, 20223 min read

My Family History with Huey Long

The maternal side of my family is from Louisiana, and we are very familiar with Huey Long. He was Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932...