This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 6, 2023

“And so, as quietly as he had lived, he slipped out of town, leaving only a note behind:

‘Well, that’s that. I’m off, and if you don’t believe I’m leaving, just count the days I’m gone. When you hear the phone not ringing, it’ll be me that’s not calling. Goodbye, old girl, and good luck.'”

―Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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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