This Week’s Southernism, Monday, August 19, 2019

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“The children start school now in August. They say it has to do with air-conditioning, but I know sadism when I see it.”

— Rick Bragg,

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About Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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, August 19, 2019

  1. Randall O’Brien says:
    August 19, 2019 at 6:51 AM

    Yes! Sadism for students; Mardi Gras for parents.

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