Labors of Love - July 2017

Rev. Tony Talavera is 61 years old. During his lifetime he’s been an antique dealer, an acclaimed chef and a dealer in Las Vegas. He also spent five arduous years dying from Hepatitis C and liver failure. On Halloween of 1989…

Mention the word “statues” in a crowded room in New Orleans and be prepared for a variety of reactions from a growl of disdain to a cheer of joy. Most New Orleanians probably would be delighted to never ever hear…

Sometimes you choose a career; sometimes a career chooses you. The latter is decidedly the case with Herl Young, aka The Lawnmower Man.  Back in the halcyon days of big oil, Young ran a successful residential construction business. He specialized…