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A Southernism, Monday, March 18, 2024
I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhabit my life like a porch. —Rebecca Wells Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
A Southernism, Monday, March 11, 2024
“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” —Lilly Pulitzer Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
A Southernism, Monday, March 4, 2024
“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.” ― Jimmy Carter, The Nobel Peace … Continue reading
A Southernism, Monday, February 19, 2024
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” — Dr. Martin Lither King, Jr. Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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A Southernism, Monday, January 22, 2024
A southerner doesn’t truly understand cold. Though Anne was born in Alabama and schooled in Mississippi, she had traveled North, and, like many Southerners, gained a theoretical understanding of the concept of cold. But the mind is an overprotective … Continue reading
A Southernism, Tuesday, January 9, 2024
“…and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.” —James Lee Burke Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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“It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott … Continue reading
A Southernism, Monday, December 18, 2023
“Christmas in the South means a creamy bowl of rum and bourbon-based eggnog and a rich array of cakes and candies: coconut cake, white fruitcake, bourbon ball candies, and sugary divinity candies topped with pecans.” —Eugene Walter, writing in “American … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 9, 2023
“The dream which built America was the dream of a land where every man could believe what he wanted to believe and advocate what he wanted to advocate, and still be safe from the anger of those who disagreed.” … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, September 11, 2023
“Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air—moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh – felt as if it were being exhaled into one’s face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing.” —Tom Robbins … Continue reading