Aug 30, 2017 09:53AM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
Welcome to high school in the Seventies, a place where bell bottoms and platform shoes danced through hallways, a universe where our football team reigned royally...
Jul 07, 2017 12:05PM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
In high school I worked at a local fast food restaurant. It is actually still there, and though the building has been renovated, perhaps even completely redone, the business rests on the identical footprint on Johnston Street where many of my friends and I earned our spending money.
Jun 02, 2017 04:57PM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
My friends and I began counting the days til summer...
May 03, 2017 10:44AM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
And what about Pluto? I memorized the order of the planets in the Milky Way in Mrs. Parker’s class in 6th grade.... But now astronomers have removed Pluto from the list. Wow...
Apr 19, 2017 09:09AM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
Letters are important. They are tools of learning. We have a deeper understanding of American history through the letters of our patriots...
Mar 08, 2017 10:50AM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
Years ago I heard a story about a college professor. He was a veteran teacher, one who typically taught advanced level classes..
Mar 06, 2017 05:18PM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
When we were in high school, if we were even fortunate enough to have a car, we all drove hand me downs, or used cars, or cars that no one else wanted.
Jan 18, 2017 02:03PM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
Having been born and raised in Lafayette, I often drive around the city and nostalgically yearn for places of the past...
Nov 08, 2016 02:29PM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
Elizabeth Hesterly reminisces fondly about the Lafayette of her childhood - When The Lights Come On
Oct 28, 2016 08:56AM ● By Elizabeth Hesterly
"Perhaps my life, as mundane as it is, is so busy and trapped in daily tasks that I need to be halted by a single word, a word with significance, a word with hidden meaning that sends me on a personal search."
