Harry Clark, of Lafayette, waxes nostalgic: "I heard the ice cream truck coming down the street the other day, and it got me thinking of other memories invoking childhood sounds: "The double bang of a ...

Arnold Patterson, of Metairie, sent a list of memories from New Orleans' Irish Channel that hit home for me, even though my childhood was spent in Natchez, Mississippi. The memories included eating ...

More proof that much of our wisdom comes from the mouths of babes: Michael Delahaye says, "Reading your columns about languages brought me back to a visit with my then 5-year-old grandson, Hayes Wise, ...