LOVING LOUISIANA BLOG ARCHIVES
Featured Recipe: Crawfish Stuffed Potatoes
FIRST LADY’SCrawfishStuffedPotatoes CRAWFISH STUFFED POTATOES This was a staple in the Edwards home growing up, especially during Lent.We hope you enjoy this peek into our family and pray you have a blessed Lent. Ingredients: 3/4 cup margarine1 1/2 cups green onions, sliced1/2 cup bell pepper1/4 cup flour2 pints half and half2 cups grated […]
Blog – March 2022
MARCH 2022 Blog Post Feature Louisiana First Foundation Governor’s Mansion Women’s Health People of Louisiana Community Schools Military Recipe Verse First Dogs Our Editor A FEW THINGS ABOUT MARCH A few things about March March is…Music in Our Schools MonthMarch is …National Social Workers MonthMarch is… Read Across America DayMarch is… Daylight Saving Time! March 13- […]
Feature: Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Let’s Keep Louisiana Beautiful Written by Susan Russell Let’s Keep Louisiana Beautiful Love the Boot Week is April 18-24 Written by Susan Russell Keep Louisiana Beautiful invites Louisianans to work together to organize and participate in cleanups and beautification events during Love the Boot Week, our state’s week-long Earth Day initiative happening April 18-24. Across […]
Women’s Health – Heart Health
Women’s Health WOMEN’S HEALTH BLOGFebruary 2022 Women’s Heart Health: “We Have Come A Long Way, Baby” Written by Jessica Thibodaux, APRN, MSN, FNP-C If you are old enough to remember the old advertisement slogan, “You’ve come a long way, baby,” then continue reading. In the decades since this campaign that appealed to the […]
Teach MAM – Supporting Success for the Whole Child
Teach MAM Teach MAM: An Exciting Partnership to Strengthen Arts Education Across Louisiana TEACH MAM Art Integration Art Integration —Supporting Success for the Whole Child— Re-cap on the Louisiana Arts Summit Conference The Teach MAM Ambassadors recently presented on Arts Integration at the Louisiana Arts Summit produced by […]
Teach MAM – First Lady’s “Steps To A Healthier Lifestyle”
Teach MAM Teach MAM: An Exciting Partnership to Strengthen Arts Education Across Louisiana TEACH MAM First Lady’s “Steps To A Healthier Lifestyle” In Conjunction With:Louisiana Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports By: Keyre’ Reed Bradford On January 24 – April 25, 2022, the Louisiana Governor’s Council […]
Louisiana Fosters – Be the Difference for Youth in Foster Care
How Can You Help The Foster ChildrenOf Louisiana? Be the Difference for Youth in Foster Care The Department of Children and Family Services hopes more families will make a difference in 2022 by becoming foster caregivers for youth in the State’s custody. There are approximately 800 Louisiana teens in foster care on […]
Blog – February 2022
FEBRUARY 2022 Blog Post Feature Louisiana First Foundation Governor’s Mansion Women’s Health People of Louisiana Community Schools Military Recipe Verse First Dogs Our Editor VALENTINE’S TRADITIONS Like most of you, we have summer traditions, a week with family at the beach. We have Thanksgiving traditions like Mom’s table of plenty, Ginger’s pumpkin roll, and Dad’s […]
The Governor’s Mansion: Martin Brignac
Martin Brignac: Governor’s Mansion Carpenterand Artist Martin Brignac In 1963, during the administration of Governor Jimmie Davis, the new Governor’s Mansion was built. The inspiration for the exterior design was Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana. During the build-out, a gentleman named Martin Brignac worked on the three E Bay windows famously seen in the […]
People of Louisiana – Community (February 2022)
CarniVOLVolunteer Opportunitiesin Louisiana COMMUNITY CarniVOL 2022 The schedule is out for CarniVOL 2022! Join the United Way HandsOn Entergy Volunteer Center next week to celebrate the #MardiGras spirit of community at three service opportunities. View projects and sign up: http://UnitedWaySELA.org/Volunteer
People of Louisiana – Schools (February 2022)
BRIDGET BERRY 2021 State Teacher of the Year Finalist 5th Grade Teacher at Stem Magnet Academy of Pointe Coupee Pointe Coupee Parish Schools BRIDGET BERRY 2021 State Teacher of the Year Finalist 5th Grade Teacher at Stem Magnet Academy of Pointe Coupee Pointe Coupee Parish Schools Pass It On – A New Teacher Collaboration […]
People of Louisiana – Military (February 2022)
GENERAL CHARLES MCGEE BLACK HISTORYMONTH HONORING BLACK VETERANSDURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH GENERAL CHARLES MCGEE During Black History Month, we will honor the Black men and women who have served our state and country. Our first feature is Gen. Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman, who recently passed at the age of 102. Before enlisting […]
Delery Rice,
Our Editor
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Delery has lived there all of her life except during undergraduate school and a brief stint in Seattle, WA. She is a mother to four boys, ranging in ages from 21 to 16, and they are the heart and soul of her life.
Delery earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and Master’s Degree from Louisiana State University. She is currently a fellow at Loyola University New Orleans, Institute of Politics. Her volunteer work has mostly evolved from issues that have affected her personally. Actively engaged in disability rights advocacy, Delery has testified numerous times in the Louisiana Legislature regarding issues that affect persons with developmental disabilities. She served as the chair of the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council, worked for seven years directing regional advocacy efforts and is a graduate of Louisiana’s Partners In Policymaking.
