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JULY 2020 • VOLUME 14 • ISSUE 7

CONT HOME + LIVING

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12 THE OBSERVER Pain and Sorrow

14 CHATEAU CHIC Love and Light

FOOD + FUN

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22 KEEP ON DREAMIN'

Payton Smith graces the stage the Grand Ole Opry.

26 BON APPETIT

Red, White, and Blueberries

MIND + BODY

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30 CREATING CONFIDENCE The ladies of Bremly Beauty draw on their own experiences when it comes to wigs.

36 WE SUPPORT A HEALTHIER FUTURE Playing It Safe in a Summer of Coronavirus

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WORD, YA HEARD MYRIAD noun 1. a countless or extremely great number. adjective 2. countless or extremely great in number.

WORD ON THE STREET “As we gazed at the night sky, a myriad of stars began to appear.”

"The myriad blooms in the rose garden were a beautiful sight to behold."

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06 EDITOR’S NOTE Celebrating Locals

08 INTERVUE Say What?

Emily Ougel and Bree D'Errico create confidence in the women they help who are experiencing hair loss.

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38 UNDER THE SCOPE

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40 RENDEZVOUS

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42 LOOK TWICE

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CELEBRATING LOCALS “Mama, what is a Black man?”

My five-year-old son Jackson asked me this question last Sunday after I finished reading a Times opinion piece to my parents that I had written.

At first, I admit, I was kind of stumped.

How do I answer that question for a fiveyear-old?

I gave it my best shot: “Baby, God made everyone look a little different. Just like there is no one on Earth that looks like you, God chose all the colors to make skin tones different and make us each special.”

Sure I could have stopped there - but I felt there needed to be more to this moment.

“Some people think bad thoughts about people, just because they look different than they do. Just because of the color of their skin. Some people are very mean to people if their skin color is darker than theirs, and that is very wrong. We call that racism and it needs to stop.”

The month of June has left our country in disbelief. A man was murdered by another man while others just stood by. A horrible crime was committed while people stood by. This has made my heart hurt for this country.

People have marched and protested and responded with acts of violence. But not in Houma or Thibodaux. No, our communities came together for peaceful yet impactful marches and protests.

The leaders of our police force marched side by side with youth leaders who organized marches. At a rally in Houma, individuals were encouraged to register to vote to continue to be the change, to raise their voices not only on the courthouse steps, but at the polls.

This month’s issue of Point of Vue centers around Celebrating Locals. There are so many amazing individuals and organizations that we could write about under this topic. Connor Bonvillian, a Chauvin native who came up with the idea to organize

two events in Houma: a peaceful demonstration at the courthouse and the March held a few weekends later.

Houma Police Chief Dana Coleman and Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet, who both marched down Main Street in Houma and spoke of change from the courthouse steps. The Nicholls State University Black Student Union who organized the march and protest in Thibodaux. Nicholls State University President Jay Clune who listened to the students on his campus and took on the efforts to remove names from buildings that were hurtful to some students. I’m sure I cannot name all the individuals who have stepped up this last month to truly be the change in our community. But to you, I say thank you.

In our Celebrating Locals issue, we first introduce you to two women who, through different means, both suffered from hair loss. It was through their loss that they realized they were not alone in their struggle; they could use their experience to bring confidence to all women. Bree D’Errico and and Emily Ougel, with help from Nicole Oncale, created a line of wigs and toppers that can help restore beauty and confidence in women who struggle with hair loss. We share their story beginning on page 30.

Every year, we bring our readers a special story about a local who has left the area to accomplish great things. We call this section: Where Are They Now? This year’s Where Are They Now? brings us to Nashville to follow the journey of Payton Smith. In February, Payton achieved one of his biggest dreams: playing the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. Learn what Payton has been up to during the pandemic that has kept musicians sidelined on page 22.

I hope we can all open our ears, minds and hearts this summer and truly celebrate our locals. Our community is strong and our people are stronger. Use this opportunity to listen to those around you and celebrate what makes us each different and unique. POV

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THE OBSERVER | 12 Pain and Sorrow

CHATEAU CHIC | 14 Love and Light

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SORROW There’s so many things I want to say.

I’ve typed and retyped and typed some more. Only to delete entire paragraphs, delete 100 words and then delete 500.

I’m typing this mid-June. You’re reading it sometime in July. It’s been a month. Riots. Racism. Death.

Anger. Emotions. Resentment. Division. So many words for a month that has often left me with no words. There’s a part of me that wants to scream.

The other part is engulfed in sorrow.

I researched the history of slavery years ago for a book I wrote. Read history books that made me cry. It was hard to accept the words as true and even harder to think of the America that I love allowing (and justifying) horrific things done to real people.

It’s not really something to ever bring up in casual conversation. But now is the time. To give voice to our fellow Americans who have felt more vulnerable because of their ethnicity and even more vulnerable because of stereotypes.

Quiet our voices and give rise to theirs.

What do I even do? I’ve often wondered how to help, how to make things right, but I’ve been left with my head spinning. So I’m watching Priscilla Shirer, an African American woman and leader, go live on Instagram and talk about raising African American boys and the difference between races. She brings on her white friend, Christine Caine, and Priscilla asks her dad the question I’ve asked all along: “Dad, what Christine really wants to know is what she can do as a white girl?” I laughed out loud as she said it with such clarity. The question resonated with me. I wasn’t around for the atrocities committed hundreds of years ago, didn’t live during Jim Crowe, and I haven’t knowingly committed an injustice against another race.

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So I’ve read. I would encourage anyone who cares to do the same. Read “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson. Learn what it feels like to be a wrongly incarcerated African American man in the 1980s. Read “The Book of Lost Friends,” by Lisa Wingate. It’s a novel based on actual letters written by African Americans, desperately trying to find lost relatives who were sold and traded off right before the start of the Civil War. There’s a boy I love who came to our family for about eight months through foster care. He now comes over for weeks at a time, not because he’s in foster care anymore, but because our family loves him. He’s African American and eight. I can’t do anything about how our country has written his history, but my heart yearns to change his future story. To give him chances that he might not otherwise have if no one stops to notice him. To tell him he’s significant and special and so loved. That our family doesn’t look like him, but our hearts are July 2020 12 povhouma.com

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It’s scary to even write about this.

Part of me worries that something will be misconstrued, and I’ll just be another person blasted for trying to say the right thing and somehow still getting it all wrong. Maybe that’ll happen, and that will be ok. I can’t stay silent. I don’t want to not care.

I want my friends who are African American to know how special they are to me. And I want to listen. To understand. To hear real people with real problems. Allow them space for anger. Allow space to heal.

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Lisa Wingate writes that there’s an old proverb that says it like this: ‘We die once when the last breath leaves our bodies. We die a second time when the last person speaks our name.’ The first death is beyond our control, but the second one we can strive to prevent.

I recently stood on a field trip at Destrehan Plantation, reading the list of slaves who lived there. Saying their names out loud. You aren’t forgotten.

You lived generations ago, but somewhere in this country, your kin people live on, and I’m saying your name. And I’m saying I want to make a difference for those who live today.

May we all somehow strive to make this a better world, where we care more about others than ourselves.

And future generations see more of the healing and less of the hurt. This pain has gone on long enough. POV

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tailored but livable,” continued the team. “We left the home decidedly minimal to allow the owners room to layer on their own collections of items through the years and as children grow older.”

Minimal as the design is, no detail was overlooked. The wood floors are a European French Oak from Hurst featuring a beautiful medallion in the main entryway. Travertine was used in the entryway and sunroom as well as a few special mosaic porcelains in the bathrooms. The kitchen countertops are Opus White Quartzite with Soapstone in the bar and laundry room.

Calacatta Gold Marble was used in the small powder room, while White Carrara marble is featured in the master bath.

Other standout details include a stunning pair of steel doors leading into the sunroom. The kitchen includes salvaged wood beam details, with a cutout pattern that is carried throughout the home.

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BON APPETIT | 26 Red, White, and Blueberries

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BY DREW MILLER | PHOTOS SUBMITTED Houma native Payton Smith, a rising star in country music, moved with his family to Nashiville just after he turned 17 years old to progress his music career. Now over three years later, after tens of millions of streams, meeting some of his music icons and performing shows around the country, he still hasn’t forgotten his roots.

“Houma still has such a hold of my heart and is so much of who I am,” he says. “I’m so proud to be from there.”

His music, as he describes, is a huge reflection of where he is from -with every song he writes being heavily influenced by rhythm. While also incorporating what he learned from other musicians who have inspired him, he integrates his own past and energy to morph his own unique sound.

When coming up with lyrics, Payton says, he tries to pull from life experiences from someone he knows or his own. His song “Daddy’s Boots” is about his story and the relationship with his parents, how much they sacrificed for him to achieve his dreams.

One of those dreams came true in February when -- at just 20 years old -- Payton took the stage at the Grand Ole Opry, a famous showcase in Nashville that features the top artists in country music. After performing “Daddy’s Boots” he received a standing ovation, and after his second song of the night, “Like I Knew You Would,” he received another.

“To be able to play the actual Opry, it felt like being welcomed to the country music industry, as if I didn’t feel that way before. But it felt more like, ‘Wow, I’m finally getting to live out a dream,” he remembers.

“It was a pretty emotional night...I don’t know if I ever felt that kind of emotion and it come out like that.”

Among the crowd cheering him on were 65 of his family members, “the most people that came from a hometown to watch a Opry debut,” Payton says. “It was amazing.”

Before the show, Payton was introduced by Chris Young, a multiplatinum artist who has become somewhat of a mentor to him. “He is such a great guy, so humble,” Payton shares. “He is really somebody I look up to as far as an artist, songwriter and performer -- but also as a person in this industry.”

Payton is joining Chris on the “Town Ain’t Big Enough World Tour 2020,” which was originally scheduled to start in April but has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic has forced Payton, who fuels his artistry with the energy he receives from playing in front of crowds, to adapt. One way is performing live-stream shows for home viewers.

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“They’re fun and you get to get creative with it and get to find new ways to connect,” he says. “I would much rather the live show, but given the circumstances right now...I enjoy being able to talk to people and still play music and make that connection.”

in disguise to be able to spend time with family during this time because otherwise I wouldn’t be seeing much of them this year,” Payton shares. “I wonder if this was a little sign: don’t take for granted your family.”

“I have to kind of force the energy to play because in a live show it’s like a cycle: you give the energy and the crowd gives the energy back...On social media it’s like: drink lots of coffee and give as much energy while you can,” Payton laughs.

The talented guitarist, vocalist and songwriter -- who, as he puts it, can also dabble on drums -- has been in some form of spotlight since his time at Montegut Middle School, when he played in the school’s talent show. Payton, who first picked up a guitar at age 6, has already achieved accolades that many other older artists are still trying to accomplish, such as the above mentioned and signing with a well-established label, Big Machine Records.

Payton also built a studio in his room after the pandemic hit. He says since it started, he’s written about 50 songs. “I’ve kind of found myself writing not even for me and not for another artist, just writing just to write,” he says. “If it doesn’t fit me, I’m going to send it off to somebody else.”

He has also taken a lot of this time to be with family. “It’s kind of been a blessing

When asked for one word to describe his music career, the prodigy said “grateful.”

“I’ve learned so much about being grateful for every season that I’ve been in the past

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He hasn’t yet made it, Payton feels, as he still has feats he wants to reach. But one success to him is the positive response he receives from fans who enjoy his music, which is always his goal with songwriting.

Along with his love for performing for fans and creating enjoyable tunes for them to stream, what also keeps him going is just the love for the music itself.

“All I ever wanted to do my whole life was play music,” he shares. “Certainly breaking into the industry is a tough thing, but what gets you through it is just knowing that you are all in to play music: pushing, just working hard and never giving up.” POV To stay up to date with all of Payton's future releases, visit www.paytonsmithmusic.com.

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Strawberries are a natural pair with the acidity of balsamic vinegar. Find the ripest ones you can, preferably Louisiana grown! You can use any nuts you like; we

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You can also make the salad dressing up to three days in advance. Just refrigerate until you’re ready to complete the salad.

If you’re wary about red onions and their strong flavor, try this tip: soak the onion slices in cold water for about 15 to 20 minutes before serving. This mellows the flavor.

STRAWBERRY SALAD WITH BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE Directions 1. Wash and slice the strawberries. Wash and dry the blueberries. Wash and dry

the salad greens. Thinly slice the red onion.

2. Make the balsamic vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together the balsamic

vinegar, Dijon mustard, maple syrup, and kosher salt. Then gradually whisk in the olive oil 1 tablespoon at a time until fully emulsified and creamy.

3. To serve, spread the greens on a plate and top with strawberries, blueberries,

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Whether intentional or not, it’s solidified itself as one of the most distinct qualities of a person’s appearance.

“It’s really like the first descriptive if you think about it. They’re like, ‘Oh, what does she look like?’ ‘She was blonde. She had long black hair. She had a short bob.’

It’s the first thing we say when we go to describe someone,” Bree D’Errico, coowner of Bremly Beauty in Houma, says.

For Bree and her longtime business partner Emily Ougel, helping women feel happy with their hair has been the story of their career. The pair has styled hair together since 2010, moving to several salons before ending up at their newly-opened Bare Essentials Salon on West Park Avenue.

In those 10 years, Nicole Oncale, Bremly Beauty’s public relations manager, says the duo has picked up a “fanbase” of women that support them.

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For that “fanbase,” their message is clear: hair shouldn’t define anyone, but it’s always important for a woman to feel confident when she looks in the mirror.

That’s exactly why, as life brought new challenges during those 10 years, the Bremly Beauty team discovered a part of having hair that no one was talking about: the loss of it.

And so, the women of Bremly Beauty introduced the sale of customized wigs and toppers to their business.

However, they didn’t want their wigs and toppers to be ordinary. They wanted them to look and feel natural so that women would have a sense of confidence and unashamedness while wearing them.

After all, the experience of losing hair and searching for solutions is personal for the Bremly Beauty team.

Emily’s experience with hair loss began after having children.

“Being a mom who loses her hair, you just had a baby. You lost all your freedom. You lost your body. You lost everything, and then you’re sitting at home with a baby, in four walls surrounding you...Your baby brings you joy, but you feel like you’re not yourself anymore,” Emily says.

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Emily Ougel and Bree D'Errico For most of her life, Bree has suffered from hormonal hair loss.

When she had her first daughter at 15 years old, she began to experience what she thought was natural postpartum shedding of hair. By the time she was 18, though, a close friend pointed out that her hair loss was becoming noticeable.

Around that time, she began her career as a hairstylist, but not without fears following her there.

“I was so scared. I’m like how am I going to be a bald hairdresser? This is my job, my profession and my passion, and who’s going to be like, ‘I want you to do my hair, when you don’t have any’?” Bree says.

“I didn’t have any direction. [There was] nobody to tell me, ‘This is what you should do,’” Bree says. “I just kind of dealt with it.

I tried to style my hair to hide it. I’d cut it shorter and shorter and shorter, thinking I was putting too much strain on it because it was so long.”

Bree says she had always looked for solutions to combat her hair loss, from extensions, to topical powders, to shampoos. It wasn’t until four years ago that she first discovered toppers. From there, she says her “whole life changed” and she began to feel like herself again.

By the time she had her third child at 25, Bree says she was left with very little hair on the front of her head.

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those who reached out to her.

Then, in 2018, Nicole was diagnosed with breast cancer.

When her doctor informed her that she would lose her hair within two weeks, Nicole says she panicked over the uncertainty of how she would navigate hair loss.

At the time, Bree was Nicole’s stylist, so Nicole reached out to her for help with purchasing a wig. The pair began to do research, and Nicole found a wig that Bree was able to customize to look like Nicole’s natural hair.

The process of finding the perfect wig was not easy, though.

“There was nothing locally that I could find.

I went to a shop in New Orleans, and it was a terrible experience. The hair looked not very trendy. It was terrible. I thought if this is what I’ve got to look forward to, then of course I’m not going to survive hair loss,” Nicole says.

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Nicole said she took her experience to Bree and Emily and discussed the fact that there was undoubtedly a local need for hair loss solutions.

“We have Mary Bird Perkins [TGMC Cancer Center], Thibodaux Regional Cancer Center, and all these women who experience hair loss. I don’t know if most women who are diagnosed with cancer, or even that have hair loss period, know that you can have human hair wigs and toppers that look very trendy, that are easy to wear and it’s undetectable,” Nicole says.

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Nicole’s struggles were the catalyst that led the Bremly team to realize there was a lack of local access to comfortable, trendy wigs and education about hair loss solutions.

The trio thus began to discuss ways that Bremly Beauty could bring such services to the area.

When the women had to shut their business down as a result of measures put into place to slow the spread of COVID-19, the team used its newfound free time to find hair piece vendors, develop a plan and make the sale of customized wigs and toppers possible.

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Bree begins the creative process of styling a wig or topper by ordering various hair pieces of different styles and colors to keep in Bremly Beauty’s inventory. She said she pictures an end result and then goes to work.

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If clients want a specific look, they are asked to send “inspired photos” of the hairstyles they desire. Then, Bree colors and styles the pieces to meet the clients’ wishes.

Though many people are not familiar with the concept of a topper, Bree says they serve as solutions for women who have some level of hair loss but not enough that would necessarily require a full wig. The topper is enough to cover small areas of hair loss.

For Bree, helping women to obtain hair pieces that look and feel natural is “the most gratifying feeling in the world.”

“To look at a woman see herself for the first time and be confident and proud and not withering back because she’s so sad and so

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“To look at a woman see herself for the first time and be confident and proud and not withering back because she’s so sad and so ashamed of what she sees in the mirror... it’s very rewarding." - Bree D’Errico ashamed of what she sees in the mirror... it’s very rewarding,” Bree says.

While they emphasize the fact that that hair doesn’t define one’s beauty, the Bremly Beauty women say that there’s no value that can be put on the sense of comfort that comes with looking in the mirror and seeing hair.

Nicole said the physical experience of going through chemotherapy is challenging enough, but the accompanying hair loss takes its own mental toll, too. The ability to wear hair to events for work or her children, for example, made her feel like herself again.

“It wasn’t just physical for me. It was mental,” Nicole says. “I felt so robbed of my identity through cancer...When I was able to transform my whole face with hair, it made such a huge difference for me, and I felt like I had me again...I wasn’t the girl who had breast cancer” Of course, Nicole is not alone in her experience with hair loss due to chemotherapy.

Local breast cancer warrior Kate Stark, who partnered with the Bremly team in May to participate in a live-streamed wig and topper try-on event, says that once she got over the shock of her initial diagnosis, she felt as though she was about to be stripped of everything feminine about her.

Since her main focus through her battle with cancer was getting well, Kate says she was less emotionally impacted by the loss of her hair.

Thus, she viewed wigs as something fashionable with which to experiment,

trying everything from purple wigs to blue wigs. Around that time, influencers like Kylie Jenner and other members of the Kardashian family were beginning to make wigs more mainstream, Kate says.

of spending hundreds of dollars to risk damaging her hair to dye it. If a person wants more volume on top of her head, she can choose to wear a topper to obtain that style.

“They were really changing the face of wigs...The Kardashians wear wigs all the time,” Kate laughs. “When Kim [Kardashian] comes out blonde, that’s not her hair. I tried dying myself blonde and damaged my hair.”

“A lot of people think wigs [equal] cancer,” Kate says. “It is a big deal for cancer patients and then for people that have alopecia or hair loss, but wigs are so much more than that...If you just maybe want to come try a wig, it’s for everyone.”

Kate and Nicole both believe that hair loss and all of its various causes are subjects that need to be addressed more so that talking about them can become more widely accepted.

Through their shared experiences with hair loss, the women behind Bremly Beauty have leaned on each other for constant strength, support and care.

Having a community of women in the area who understand each other’s struggles with hair loss is important for both the community and women in general, Kate says.

For women experiencing hair loss, she encourages them to not let it define them.

“Don’t let it define you. It’s just hair. It grows back. Sometimes it grows back differently. Sometimes it grows back patchy, and if it doesn’t grow back, we have options. The most important thing to worry about is for you to take care of yourself, to be there for your family and to not let it define you and get you so down,” Kate says.

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“Me and Bree, we’re just partners. We knew each other from the past. We got together. We started working, and we just have a total respect for each other on such a level that we’re each other’s person through everything,” Emily says. “[Bree] was very much a saving grace for me. She always seemed to be around for some pretty traumatic events in my life, and so I just feel like anybody that’s going through hair loss needs somebody like Bree around,” Nicole says.

In turn, the women aspire to help other women feel less alone in their own journeys through hair loss. They’re committed to helping women in every stage of that journey.

“It’s hard and it’s scary and you’re embarrassed constantly,” Bree says. “It definitely helped me be a better hairdresser because it challenged me to not just cater to people with heads full of beautiful hair, but to help people feel like they have a head full of beautiful hair.” POV

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PLAYING IT SAFE IN A SUMMER OF CORONAVIRUS Precautions that we usually take during the summer— sunscreen, hydration, insect repellent, water safety—are compounded this summer with the addition of safe distancing, wearing masks in public and staying home more than usual.

It’s the summer of COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), coronaviruses typically survive for shorter periods at higher temperatures and higher humidity. However, as this virus continues to confound and confuse, the CDC warns that warm weather may not slow the spread.

There are basic precautions that we can take to limit risk and still enjoy the summer. Gauge your risk with time, space, people and place. Also, follow basic hygiene practices: • Wash your hands frequently; • Don’t touch your face; • Clean surfaces regularly; • Wear masks in public; • If you’re sick, stay home.

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Avoid crowds by going early in the morning or late afternoon.

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When looking for accommodations, ask about hotel or vacation home rental COVID-19 policies. Bring your own supplies to disinfect television remotes and other high-touch surfaces. The CDC offers a guide on cleaning and disinfecting <https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-gettingsick/cleaning-disinfection.html#clean-disinfect>. You may feel safer bringing your own pillows and bed and bath linens.

Camping can be a low-risk vacation option. Risk increases if the campground is overcrowded, has shared restrooms and communal picnic and playground areas. Pack insect repellent and first aid supplies, and beware of reptiles and other wildlife.

Traveling by car and only with people from your household poses the lowest risk to the contagious virus. Limit restroom stops and choose drive-through over sit-down restaurants.

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The summer of 2020 will likely be long remembered. Try to have fun, make memories and enjoy your summer, just please do summer safely.

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By the time you read this, it will have been eight months since raccoons ate my pumpkin. At the house, we call it “Night of the Raccoons.”

The pumpkin had already served its purpose, decorating the front porch for Halloween and adding to nature’s palette of late autumn colors.

But by morning of November 1st, the Doucet pumpkin was macerated and massacred with a clear pattern of tell-tale, long-toed footprints to, from, and around it on the porch concrete.

We blamed raccoons, but we didn’t actually catch them in the act. Maybe it was armadillos who attacked the pumpkin by digging only through the outer rinds and leaving behind the irresistible inner pumpkin flesh in an effort to frame raccoons for the crime. But there were no tail tracks as armadillos often leave, and regular armadillos can’t climb onto elevated porches. Even more, everyone knows you have to bury a pumpkin to attract an armadillo to it. Otherwise, it’s not much of a challenge. For a raccoon, however, everything is a challenge.

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And so, fate found me that November morning clearing the orangey aftermath of raccoon gluttony, scooping up larger chunks for the garbage pail and then hose-piping lingering wastes over the edge of the porch. A few months later, in early spring of 2020, I noticed an odd type of weed growing in the front yard. It was large-fronded and grew like a vine, beginning on the shaded side of the front porch and growing across the ground. By the time of the coronavirus quarantines, it began to creep slowly into the front yard, curving its trajectory a bit each day toward the east where morning sun rose through then over the oak trees.

I fought the temptations of my lawn machines to mow down this creeping phenomenon. As if in appreciation for letting it live, the vine began to sprout large, floppy, yellow flowers that opened for a while each early morning and then closed. Soon, the organism could be seen from a distance in the neighborhood by self-distancing passers-by. One of them called out in his out-of-PoV-country accent, “Hey, that’s a danged pumpkin vine yer growing!”

I was confused and didn’t respond because I didn’t know what “danged” meant. But, after Googling “pumpkin vine” for images, I became convinced that he was right. I also searched dictionary.com for the word “danged”: It’s a word that good mothers of Texiens would forbid in their households. Maybe that guy hated pumpkins. Maybe he had small, raccoon-like feet with long toes.

If it’s a pumpkin vine, I thought next, then why am I not seeing pumpkins?

With my passing knowledge of bees and pollen, I blamed the closed flowers.

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of flower had a large Cheetos-like stalk in its center, and the other type had multiple, smaller Chee-Weeslike stalks inside. Since they were different, I realized that I had to get the cheesy pollen of one inside the other. reasoned that the Cheetos flower was male and the Chee-Wees flower was female. Don’t ask me what I based these assumptions on.

One hundred sixty-three years before the Night of the Raccoons, Austrian monk-scientist Gregor Mendel figured out how genetics works by gathering pollen from some flowering plants and sprinkling it into others. I bet that this strategy could work for my pumpkin flowers, too. And so, I broke the Cheetos-stalk from a male flower (despite Freudian disinclinations) and sprinkled its pollen onto the CheeWees of a female flower. Within only days, I had a baby pumpkin. I screamed out, “It worked, Gregor!”

Thankfully, the neighbors didn’t call the cops. Or maybe one of the cops was named Gregor. Nevertheless, in about a month, my baby turned from green to adult orange color and sounded hollow to a good thump test.

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Time spent away from the bustle of public life during the pandemic has shown us many things we would otherwise fail to see or appreciate or even attempt—like growing a green thumb and a new porch pumpkin.

Now, pumpkins are normally a winter crop. Maybe that’s why bees never showed up. Maybe that’s why the Texien cursed it. Maybe that’s why raccoons have not clawed the new pumpkin thus far. Everyone and everything is just a little out of rhythm during this unusual time— even the Headless Horseman, whom I have not seen since the quarantine began. POV

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