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Dear Fellow Cajun Culture Lovers



This time at the end of the year

is often accompanied by

a reflective look back AND

a hopeful look forward.



One year is dying

and another is about to be born.



To honor this time passage,

Here's an Old Cajun Toast

I heard from my Great Uncle Mose one year :





May your coffin

Be made of the finest wood

From Century-old Cypress trees



That I shall… Continue

Once upon a time, Halloween wasn't just about costumes and parties and candy; it was about sweetly told family stories.



I am an Acadian ('Cajun,' or South Louisiana French American) by blood, earth , and disposition - my ancestors were Acadians, I was born within the culture, and I am blessed with a "joie de vie" personality. In my Cajun culture of South Louisiana (and many other cultures around the world, I have learned), late afternoon on 'All Hallow's Eve' (October 31st) primarily… Continue