During a cycle of sin in the Old Testament, God judged Judah by sending them into exile in Babylon. After 70 years God began to bring the people back to Jerusalem.
Great artists have a style about them. When they take the stage the whole room focuses on the artist. A.J. Croce entered the room for his performance recently at the Old New Orleans Mint and all eyes focused on him. He and his piano, and his one other member of his band gave all in attendance a memorable performance.
I’m told the price of crawfish to the fishermen has gone up to $1.25 per pound. Obviously, there’s a scarcity. The water has gone down a good bit in the spillway but the past two days it seems to be at a standstill. The dog and I can walk along the banks now, although still in the woods, not on the “beach.” And the mosquitoes are terrible!
Even though Spanish adventurers had sailed through the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Mexico since the 1500s, the coastline of Louisiana was uncharted until the time of the American Revolution, when the British sneaked a survey ship west from Florida to look things over.
Bonjour!
Imagine that! After 62 years of being gone from here, Gerline Barras’s mind still wonders back now and then to her childhood roots and thanks God for where she was born in her “Belle Catahoula!”