Civil War fighting began in the early morning of April 12, when Confederate cannons boomed across the harbor at Charleston, S.C., aimed at Fort Sumter and its Northern defenders.
Last week a fisherman told me that price of crawfish was $1.85 a pound and he expected it to go down the week after Easter. Today, the Monday after Easter, I’m told by another that the pre-Easter price had actually gone up to $2.10 a pound and now was down to $1.75. Maybe it depends who you ask.
Untold millions – yes, by now billions – of people have used the words “Hallelujah! Amen!” to express aspects of their faith. Let’s examine their Old Testament roots.
Late in the afternoon on Feb. 24, 1902, a Monday, word came to Welsh by telephone that a livery stable in Lake Charles was holding some mules supposedly belonging to Ward Earll, a farmer living outside of town.
Bonjour!
Spring has sprung. The moon was increasing this past week and nature has hovered herself over everywhere there is a green leaf and grass to be seen. Last Sunday I could view the canal from my porch. Today, a week later, I can barely see the water rising through the greenery.