La. Folklore Society Presentation: Bringing Communities Together

I delivered this presentation today at the Louisiana Folklore Society Conference in Leesville, La. It explains the principles of social media using a Ning site I put together for my hometown: The Natchitoches Preservation Network.

National Landmark "Kate Chopin House" is lost to fire

CLOUTIERVILLE, LA–The Kate Chopin House, named for the legendary feminist writer who lived there during the 1880s, burned to the ground in an early morning fire today. The structure had been named a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of Interior in 1993.