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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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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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 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

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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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Okefenokee Monster

Okefenokee Monster by Gary Wright “If you want to live through the night, let the devil sleep.” —John Verdon, ‘Let the Devil Sleep.’   Okefenokee is believed to be a Muscogee (Creek) word meaning ‘shaking water.’ Aptly named for the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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