One big advantage of the rainstorm was that we got to stay and have one last sailing trip with Paul Cassity. The weather was absolutely gorgeous on Wednesday, with the winds almost totally calm – not good for sailing, but great for motoring. We’d had a slow and easy start, motoring out of the Yacht …
We’d gone sailing with Paul early in January, but he left shortly after for a three-week tour of Cambodia and Thailand, so we didn’t have another opportunity to see him till late February. Not only do we love the time on the water, we also thoroughly enjoy our time with Paul. He’s a really relaxed …
We’ve been working on several major projects since Thanksgiving, and things always seem to take longer than expected, so we’d asked if we could stay at the house in Gueydan until the middle of March. We’ve been working on launching two new websites, I’m well underway with our first book, and we’ve been restructuring our …
We’ve been struck with what a unique part beads play in the life of south Louisiana. It’s a longstanding tradition to throw beads from floats at every parade, and there are many, many parades. Just in our time here, we’ve been at the Duck Festival Parade, the Gueydan High School Homecoming Parade, Festival Acadiens in …
We decided that if we’d done so many Mardi Gras activities this far, we couldn’t ignore Mardi Gras itself, so we set up an outing to Lafayette with Heuetta and Peggy. Heuetta picked us up at 7:20 a.m. and we headed off. The first thing we noticed was how quiet Gueydan was – it was …
(Note: Be sure to read the prior blog on the history of Mardi Gras if you aren’t familiar with the history of the Mardi Gras Run.) Our day started innocently enough. We headed out on our morning ride about 7:30 am, as usual. However, as we looked west when we reached the intersection of Hwys …
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We were incredibly honored to be invited to the Gueydan Mardi Gras Ball by Lynn and Hansford Hair. It’s hard to be here in southern Louisiana without hearing about Mardi Gras, and since we thought we had to leave by February 9, it looked as though we’d be missing Mardi Gras itself – on February …
By most accounts, the history of Mardi Gras dates back to Roman times and the feast of Lupercalia. In an attempt to convert the pagans, the Catholic Church wove many of the customs of Lupercalia into its own activities. Mardi Gras became the time before Lent – forty days before Easter, when the church members …
We’d quit riding in mid November, thinking we’d concentrate on our writing. We did concentrate on the writing, but then the bad weather snuck in, and it was way too hard to get going again on our rides. Seeing Marcus (our touring cyclist visitor) got us inspired, and we finally started riding again the third …
Gueydan Museum The Gueydan Museum is an elegant little museum right on Main St. The ongoing exhibits all concern Gueydan itself and the history of the local area, but they have various rotating exhibits every other month on a wide variety of subjects. When we arrived, Lea Hair had created an impressive and well-done exhibit …
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