Category Archives: Southernisms

A Southernism, Monday, April 1, 2024

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “April that year came sudden and still, and the green of the trees was a wild bright green. The pale wisterias bloomed all over town, and silently the blossoms shattered.”     — Carson McCullers, The Member of the … Continue reading →

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A Southernism, Monday, March 18, 2024

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  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

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A Southernism, Monday, March 11, 2024

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.”   —Lilly Pulitzer Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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A Southernism, Monday, March 4, 2024

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“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 →

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A Southernism, Monday, February 19, 2024

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“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

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  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 →

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A Southernism, Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“…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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Happy New Year from Porchscene!

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“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 →

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A Southernism, Monday, December 18, 2023

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“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 →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 9, 2023

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “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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