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Around the perimeter of 14 acres of low-lying-flooded southwestern Louisiana farmland moves the weekend crawfishermen pushes his floating  harvesting rig.

Seeing the guy with the camera he hollers questioningly: “Reporter?”

The negative reply and he responds knowingly: (unvoiced but implicit: HA!) “Tourist!”

This met with voiced laughter from the guy with the camera.

Michael Brown of Eunice, Louisiana in St Landry Parish ‘schools’ the ‘guy with the camera’ in a gentle fashion on crawfishin’, crawfish, Lent and Mardi Gras.

Lineage and bonafides are established: Brown of original German settler descent.

Thoughts and views are shared on Louisiana public education & parental responsibilities.

Stories are told of Louisiana politics and the politically adept uncle.

Crawfish slides under the Catholic Lenten prohibition on eating meat so the Cajuns chow down and a seasonal market exists.

The crawfish harvest season so far has been challenging: unsettled, cold. Like all farming crawfishing turns on the weather.

This season the per pound cost for crawfish is high – over $3.00.