Howard Jennings Hart

I like football. Heck, every Friday night during my high school days, I was in the stands at Fairgrounds Stadium (now Independence Stadium) and on the field to march in the half-time show. I did the same during my college days. I helped finance my first degree by marching more half-time shows for then Northeast Louisiana University Indians...

How many New Years have you rung in? How many New Years have you awakened with your head “ringing” as if you were the clapper INSIDE the bell welcoming the new year? This is Hangover Central, a destination from which I can speak with authority, because, well, I’ve been there. Found out the ha...

Christmas has a mystery all its own with the birth of Jesus. It also has a mystique; customs, legends, stories, traditions and other practices handed down in families and in societies around the world. This very weekend in 1823 marks the first publication of  a work poet Clement Clarke Moore composed for the enjoyment of his family. "A Visit From...

Watching traditional Christmas movies is part of celebrating Christmas. After two times maybe, Miracle on 34th Street and A Christmas Story admonishing Ralphie he’ll shoot his eye out with his Red Ryder BB rifle might lose some appeal, at least for the present season. (Pun...

Ok, so I live under a field stone and didn’t see Rebecca Black “Friday” on the first go round. Now I have seen the You Tube video that “…beat out anything to do with  Occupy, the Presidential election, two wars, Steve Jobs, sports stories like the cult of Tim Tebow and about everything else that happened in 2011.” It’s critiqued as “cheesy.” It’s said her parent...

Chocoholic? You are, but never admit to it in public? Today it’s OK to come out of the closet with your choco-holism. It’s National Chocolate Covered ANYTHING Day. Yes, anything you want to let your imagination run with, but I found SEVEN scrump-dilly-icous chocolate munchies you can consider in mixed company.  #7: Ch...

A call came from one of you to the KISS Country Studio Tuesday night (December 13) while I was on the air. “Why has I-49 north traffic come to a stop at the Hollywood/Pierremont exit?” I could only guess that the off ramp construction at Kings Highway had somehow caused a bottle neck, or a crash had occurred. A later ca...

Musing over just what type of Cookies to leave with Santa’s Milk Christmas EVE? Oh, THIS year, the milk must go in a red solo cup with “SANTA” written across it in Sharpie! In case you’re thinking “Santa LOVES Oreos because I do,” think again.  Now, while I’m rather confident h...

Christmas is approaching in 1944. As a teacher of second grade music for New York public schools, Donald Yetter Gardener asked his budding musicians, “What do you want for Christmas?” Excited replies tumbled out; Gardener’s studied ears captured the lisp with which every student spoke. Upon further exa...

  The “Twelve Days of Christmas” is on my mind, so I did some research to find out just what IS “The Thing” about the TDoC. I heard right after Thanksgiving that the Partridge in a pear tree, Turtle Doves, French Hens, Calling Birds, Five Golden Rings, Laying Geese, Swimming Swans, Milk Maids, Waiting Ladies, Leaping Lords, Pipers and Drummers cost a lot more in 2011. $101,119.84! Up 4.4% from 2..

"Turkey Day" has come and gone, but in my estimation, it's a SEASON for thanksgiving. Besides, along with the eggnog (a shot of Southern comfort in mine, please) I’m thinking most of us will fry or roast another turkey for Christmas feasting. With that in mind, I saw...

I found Seven “Cyber Monday” Shopping Strategies. (I think I remember hearing in high school English class once that alliteration helps recall!) Even though Cyber Monday is over (boo!), I think this checklist is probably good for just about ANY time you want to shop from home…in your skivvies. So get on your sh...