Lifestyle

As a nation we desperately need revival – a fresh encounter with God that changes lives, behaviors, ethics, cultural norms, and even the structures of society itself. In spite of our prayers, fasting, repentance, and evangelistic efforts over the past decades, our nation seems to be moving further and further from God and His holy standards.

Author Sam Irwin, a Breaux Bridge native, was uniquely positioned to write “Louisiana Crawfish: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean.” It is the book on Louisiana’s crawfish history.

The book is now available in “the better bait shops” and bookstores.

The purple martins have returned. Not yet in numbers but the scouts, surely. As always, I hear their distinctive chirping long before I see them. I have 16 bird apartments ready for occupancy and have been a bit worried when some other birds seemed interested, but hope the arrival of the martins en masse will chase others away.