Thomas Fields

Thomas "Tuffy" Fields is an author and regular contributor to The Gazette. He can be reached by email at thelouisianaexplorer@yahoo.com.

Wake Up to Reality

Occasionally we wake up to a reality that had only been supposition prior to this realization.  Many times we have a tendency to say that the problem is someone else’s issue; “better he than me”. Then one day like a bolt of lightening an epiphany takes place and suddenly reality strikes.  What had been supposition becomes life. We are experiencing …

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Teach them to fish

Thomas Fields “If you give a man a fish when he is hungry, he will return when he gets hungry again but if you teach him to fish he will feed himself.”  This is my interpretation of a saying that many say is derived from the Bible. In fact this is not a fact, though the principle can be derived …

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Amid the fun, take a moment to reflect on what you’re celebrating

We are about to embark on another summer in the greatest country in the world. Smoke from charcoal smokers will fill the air as music drifts through the back yards, camp sites and homes across the country. Baseball games will be played and parents and grandparents will cheer on the children on the field of play. The holiday that officially …

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Don’t Blame the Cartel

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is manufactured legally for pain and is prescribed by a licensed health care provider. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that also is illegally manufactured by criminal elements and is used to lace drugs that are sold to American users of illegal drugs. The legally provided drug is manufactured under extremely high quality control standards …

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