This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 1, 2019

We Southerners live at a leisurely pace, and sharing our hospitality with our family, friends, and the stranger within our gate is one of our greatest joys.

—Winifred G. Cheney, The Southern Hospitality Cookbook

 

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The creative and professional life of Deborah Fagan Carpenter has taken many directions: visual merchandiser, decorator, potter, sculptor, modern expressionist painter, photographer, and freelance feature writer. As Contributing Editor at PorchScene, her contributions are fueled by her love of all things beautiful, interesting, edible, and Southern.
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2 Responses to This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 1, 2019

  1. Randall O’Brien says:

    Yes! Well, except for that “leisurely pace” part, right?
    But in her day, in her well-to-do social standing, coming from a prominent family, married to a distinguished attorney, “yes” on the leisurely part, too, I suppose, right?
    🎵Those were the days, my friend. 🎵 We thought they’d never end. 🎵. 😃✌️

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