Going back....

Lafayette, LA 1/12/18

Today is a sad day. Bill Black, known thruout the Baton Rouge TV viewing area as Buckskin Bill died today. I spent most of my youthful mornings watching The Buckskin Bill show. I would join Buckskin every Monday with the Monday morning march using whatever was available as a baton then settled in to watch the Little Rascals and Bill’s antics with a wooden marionette,  Senor Puppet. A more popular personality than any celebrity in any parade, Buckskin Bill ended every show with “Remember Baton Rouge needs a zoo” and “You are never completely dressed until you put on a smile” and thanks to the penny drive thousands of children donated $6000 to purchase two elephants, Penny and Penny 2, for the new BR zoo. Buckskin Bill now forever in Storyland.

Other than the rush into nostalgia with the TV commemoration for Buckskin, there is little personal reflection for me in this town. They say “you can never go back” and that is certainly the case here in Lafayette. Graduating nursing school at USL (University of Southwestern La) now called UL of Lafayette and driving around a city changed by 40 years of history, this is a town I don’t recognize. Thank goodness Siri knows her way around. And the food! The food has not changed. Roast beef poboy for me and catfish for Sarah for lunch and the best 7-course Cajun dinner ever: a pound of boudin and a 6-pack.