A Word's Worth

My latest publications, essays on various topics, such as Cajun Louisiana and the Cumberland Plateau, book reviews, and commentaries about the life of the spirit are included among the blog postings. Poems excerpted from my books, and portions of my sermons over the years are included also.

Showing posts with label traiteurs. Show all posts

Showing posts with label traiteurs. Show all posts

Saturday, November 17, 2018

I GIVE A FIG

During the month of November every year, for at least 20 years, I initiated a hunt for fig preserves made here in Louisiana to send to...

Saturday, June 10, 2017

“GRANNY WOMEN”

A few months ago, fires ravaged Gatlinburg, TN and parts of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, but the little town of Townsend in wha...

Friday, October 7, 2016

FOLK MEDICINE

On a recent trip to the east coast of Georgia and Florida, we went into a bookstore at St. Mary’s Island, Georgia and picked up a book about...

Monday, December 16, 2013

LOUISIANA FOLKLIFE AND MORE ABOUT TRAITEURS

Martin, boy traiteur, illustrated by Billy Ledet for Martin's Quest Traiteurs (treaters or healers) are the major characters in th...

Sunday, April 28, 2013

MARTIN AND THE LAST TRIBE

Rain the last two days reminded me of deluges in Louisiana that we call “frog stranglers and root soakers”–devastating floods that I rec...

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