The famous Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste than really possessed of it. When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the Iliad, that Lord “desired to have the pleasure of hearing them read at his house.” Addison, Congreve, and Garth were …
Graphic design, writing, editing. Duplantier Creative does it all. Three generations. A communications dynasty. Bob Duplantier is a writer and editor with 35 years’ experience in journalism, advertising, and publishing. Both of his parents were writers and editors, too. Evann (Tolhurst) Duplantier is a graphic artist with 30 years’ experience. …
F.R. Duplantier FREE-LANCE WEB EDITOR/WRITER: July 2008 – PRESENT Currently managing content on multiple websites for diverse array of clients and ghostwriting op-eds for national trade organizations. COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: National Office, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Maryland Heights MO, October 2005 – July 2008 Responsible for website and …
Turned 56 yesterday. I don’t mind getting old myself, but the kids keep getting older too, and pretty soon Evann and I will be living in this big house all alone. I’m trying to talk her into moving into a cardboard box behind the levee after Crozet & Audrey leave …
I’m worried about my wife. I think her eyesight’s failing. The other day she came home from the grocery store with a bottle of shampoo for people with gray hair. I told her I didn’t think she needed it because her hair’s not all that gray. (Actually, it is pretty …
FREE-LANCE WEB EDITOR/WRITER: July 2008 – PRESENT Currently managing content on multiple websites for diverse array of clients and ghostwriting op-eds for national trade organizations. COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: National Office, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Maryland Heights MO, October 2005 – July 2008 Responsible for website and all publications, PR …
Talking about the true meaning of Christmas with Beth Schoeneberg, Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio, December 22, 2011. To hear program, click on radio.
Chatting with Beth Schoeneberg, Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio, October 27, 2011. To hear program, click on radio.
Something Better than a Diet
Back in the early 80s, I worked with a bunch of crazy, creative people at an advertising agency in New Orleans. So, when I decided to have a costume party for Halloween at my apartment on Magazine Street, it seemed logical to announce a theme and see what they would …
