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The Safe Months
A Louisiana meteorologist recently posted this online, “Before y’all go yelling and screaming at me, be warned, the first projected numbers for the 2021 Hurricane Season come out tomorrow. I will share them, you
Read More »Quiet For A While
It’s not unusual for me to post three Uncle P’s Bedtime Stories a week on the Eighty-one Facebook page. It was telling, when a friend texted me, “Just checking in. You’ve been silent.” By
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‘Good Painting Is Good Painting’
Though Hurricane Laura Put Edward Cappel’s Painting On Hold, There’s Still “Plenty To Do” By Brad Goins Born and raised in Lake Charles, artist Edward Cappel says he “always painted.” His mother painted throughout
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Flat Out Perilous
Navigating Hurricane Debris By Kristian Bland It might not ever become an Olympic sport, but if it did, the people of Southwest Louisiana would be gold medalists in driving around hurricane debris. The traditional
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Beaten To A Pulp
Laura Dealt SWLA’s Timber Industry A Catastrophic Loss By Brad Goins When LSU AgCenter’s County Agent Jimmy Meaux says, “we’ve lost a lot of pine trees in the forestry industry,” he’s not exaggerating. While
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‘Music Has Always Been My Go-To’
Musicians, who depend on live audiences for their income, have been especially hard hit by the pandemic. A Nov. 28 NPR story by John Burnett, “COVID-19 Hits Hard For South Louisiana’s Cajun Musicians,” looked
Read More »Writing In The Year 2020
New Testament parables were meant to be understood by the people of their times. Seed and soil, fruit and tree, sheep and shepherd, you didn’t have to be educated to immediately understand. When I’m
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Mount Trashmore
What Does Your Storm Debris Say About You? By Brad Goins Not long after Laura hit, local government sent out a press release that made it clear that when people put their wreckage from
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MREs
When I was a 12-year-old kid living on the West Coast, my best friend and neighbor, Scott, and I were always hanging out and getting into something. Like most adventurous boys, when the mundane
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PICKING UP THE PIECES
Artists and Volunteers In The Lake Area Team Up To Give Back By Kerri Cooke The Capital One tower in Downtown Lake Charles holds the title as SWLA’s skyscraper. Sure, you have the casino
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