This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 22, 2021

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“A lively day, that Thanksgiving. Lively with on and off showers and abrupt sky clearings accompanied by thoughts of raw sun and sudden bandit winds snatching autumn’s leftover leaves.”

―Truman Capote, The Thanksgiving Visitor

 

Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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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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4 Responses to This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 22, 2021

  1. Rachel Farmer says:
    November 22, 2021 at 12:14 PM

    The weather report for this Thanksgiving sounds a lot like Capote’s prediction. So far, it has been a spectacular autumn.

  2. david e johnson says:
    November 22, 2021 at 9:02 AM

    Love the Capote Quote and the Carpenter paintings

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