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THE HUG
The Hug By Mollie Smith Waters In March 2010, my step-father passed away. He was my hero. He married my mom when I was four, and he never treated me like a step-child. I was his daughter, and he … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, mollie smith waters, random acts of kindness
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Holiday-cookie baking brings loved ones closer, if only in memories
Holiday-cookie baking brings loved ones closer, if only in memories By Patsy R. Brumfield The Southfacin’ Cook When I have to wipe the flour off my glasses, there’s been much baking underway. It’s my … Continue reading
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Tagged Patsy R. Brumfield, the Southfacin' Cook
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Pilgrim in a Racist Land
Pilgrim in a Racist Land By J. Randall O’Brien, Professor and Chair Department of Religion Baylor University, Waco, TX 2000 The story did not begin with me. And long after I am gone, the story will journey on into the … Continue reading
Old and New Converge
Old and New Convergeby Deborah Fagan Carpenter Once a thriving town on the Illinois Central Railroad line, when the train repair shops relocated in 1930 and mechanization took over farming, Water Valley, Mississippi, like so many small towns, was … Continue reading
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Tagged B.T.C. Old Fashioned Grocery, Base Camp Coding Academy, Blu-Buck Mercantile, Bozarts Gallery/Water Valley, Crawdad Hole/Water Valley, Deborah Fagan Carpenter, Dixie Belle Cafe, exploring the south, Mississippi blues, MS, southern culture, Turnage Drug Store, Water Valley, Yalo Studio and Gallery, Yalobusha Brewing Company
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A Look at 2016
A Look at 2016 www.porchscene.com Our home—the South—is a beautiful, haunted, place that’s full of contradiction and mystery. Even those of us who have lived here for all or part of our lives have a hard time explaining it, or our … Continue reading
Rock History Rocks on in Mississippi Part II by Johnny W. Sumrall
Editor’s note: This is the second of Johnny Sumrall’s two-part series on early Rock and Roll bands in Mississippi. His comprehensive book, Classic Magnolia Rock—History of Original Mississippi Rock and Roll 1952-1970, is available in our on-line store. Among … Continue reading
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Patrician Spoke Depression Glass by Lyla Faircloth Ellzey
The elusive cookie jar with lid! I have it! I’ve seen it but once in all my years of collecting. When I found it, I had been collecting the Patrician Spoke pattern of Depression Glass in the amber color … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2020
Thanksgiving 2020 Thanksgiving is “My Holiday,” that is to say, it is the holiday that offers me the happy opportunity of entertaining my lovely family for our annual, ridiculously fattening, but oh-so-satisfying dinner. That Memphis family consists of my son, … Continue reading
Winds of Change
Winds of Change by Gary Wright “(H)ow many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn’t see The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind.” —Bob Dylan … Continue reading