Family Counting Blessings and Cajun Adventures: A Louisiana Homecoming admin, July 19, 2025July 26, 2025 Sweet Tea, Donuts, and Zydeco Dreams There’s something about Louisiana that gets in your blood like hot sauce in a pot of gumbo. If you’ve ever wondered why we Cajuns are so proud of where we come from, let me tell you—it ain’t just the food (though Lord knows…
Memorial Day Tribute: Celebrating the Life of Noah Harris and Honoring All Who Serve admin, May 26, 2025May 26, 2025 Alright now, pull up a chair. Got somethin’ heavy on my heart today, somethin’ important to talk about. This Memorial Day, 2025, feels a little different, maybe because it marks a special, yet sorrowful, anniversary. Just the other day, I was tellin’ you folks about Noah’s Ark Encounter up in…
Rodeo Revelations: Lessons in Grit, Grace, and Eight Seconds of Glory admin, May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 There’s something about that moment that “Eight Seconds of Glory” when the chute gate swings open that’ll teach you more about life than a year’s worth of Sunday sermons. Not that I’m knocking preachers, mind you. But when a 2,000-pound beast with horns like railroad spikes and a disposition meaner…
Finding Faith, Hope, and Love in a Troubled World admin, April 25, 2025 Posted April 20, 2025 – Mornin’, y’all! As I sit here sippin’ my coffee, this Easter morning finds me sittin’ here, countin’ my blessings, and feelin’ downright grateful for the gift of Faith. Momma always said faith was like good soil, and she sure did plant that seed deep in…
To Fred – Till we meet again, partner. Tight lines. admin, April 25, 2025 Well, heaven’s got ‘em a good one now. My old friend Fred Harget left us yesterday, and if there’s any justice in the hereafter, Saint Peter’s already handed him a rod and reel and pointed him toward the best fishing hole up yonder. Back in the ‘70s, there wasn’t a…
A Brand New Year – 2025 admin, April 24, 2025 Posted December 29, 2024 – Well, y’all, it’s almost a brand new year – 2025! Can you believe it? Seems like just yesterday we were dodgin’ Y2K bugs and tryin’ to figure out if Al Gore was gonna invent the internet. As we stand on the brink of 2025, I…
A Savannah Night Before Christmas admin, April 24, 2025 Posted December 23, 2024 – Y’all, it’s Dean Burnette here, comin’ at you live from the most bless-ed city south of the Mason-Dixon: Savannah, Georgia. It’s the night before Christmas, and the air is thick with the smell of pralines, Spanish moss, and just a hint of sweet tea vodka…
Christmas Cheer admin, April 24, 2025 Posted December 12-2024 – Y’all, with 13 days till Christmas, my heart’s as full as Aunt Joyce’s pumpkin pie! Down here in God’s country, we’re counting our blessings like we count pecans in a praline – one grateful handful at a time. Shoot, even my old dog Myles knows there’s…
A Miracle on 34th Street – Happy Thanksgiving from the south! admin, April 24, 2025 Well hey there, y’all! Happy Thanksgiving from down here in the South! We got a whole lot to be thankful for this year, As we gather ’round the table this Thanksgiving, sipping sweet tea and feasting on turkey with all the fixings, I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense…