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Monthly Archives: October 2017
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 30, 2017
““The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October. The wind was growing stronger, and there was no moon. The street light on the corner cast sharp shadows on the Radley house. I heard Jem laugh softly, ‘Bet … Continue reading
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Tagged Halloween, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Pumpkin-Orange Bread
PUMPKIN-ORANGE BREAD by SOUTHFACIN’ COOK, PATSY BRUMFIELD More Pumpkin!! It’s Pumpkin-Orange Bread While we’re celebrating pumpkins, here’s a yummy sweet-bread recipe I’m sure you’ll love with coffee, tea, or any other reason you choose to eat it. Thanks … Continue reading
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Tagged patsy brumfield, southern cuisine, southern food, southfacin' cook
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 23, 2017
“His voice had this thick, Charleston accent, where every word had more syllables than ever intended, yet each word seemed as if it had been carefully chosen and presented in a way that only a man born and raised in … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterfly Weeds, exploring the south, Laura Miller, southern culture, southernisms
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A Bronze Star for Brenda
A Bronze Star for Brenda by Dr. J. Randall O’Brien Heroes, civil rights heroes and heroines, number in the hundreds, nay thousands — tens of thousands — from the 1960s alone. Immortalized in the pages of American history, many of … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the South
Tagged Brenda Travis, Civil Rights Movement in McComb, MS, Randall O'Brien
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 16, 2017
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see … Continue reading
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Tagged Harper Lee, southern literature, southernisms, To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Southern Spread/Fried Chicken
The Southern Spread by deborah fagan carpenter Our culture, our history, our spirit, and our hospitality are some of the ingredients. Southern foods are heavily influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Native-American cuisine, and although most of them … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 9, 2017
“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.” — Helen Keller
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Tagged Helen Keller, Quotes on pine trees, Southern Quotes, southernisms
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PUMPKIN & GREENS LASAGNA
PUMPKIN & GREENS LASAGNA from Southfacin’ Cook, Patsy Brumfield Sometimes, weird things happen in my kitchen, cooking-wise anyway. My son’s wife had a late meeting and I volunteered to make dinner for them (and me, of course). I always have … Continue reading
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Tagged patsy brumfield, southern cuisine, southern food, southfacin' cook
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