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SOUTHERN CONDIMENTS ON THE SOUTHERN SPREAD
SOUTHERN CONDIMENTS ON THE SOUTHERN SPREAD Our culture, our history, our spirit, and our hospitality are some of the ingredients. Southern foods are heavily influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Native-American cuisine. Although most of them are served … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 17, 2021
“The boat ride to Yamacraw became a celebration of sorts. It was a time when I became aware of tides ebbing and flooding in accordance with the transcendental clockwork of the universe; a time of the pale, wafer-thin moon … Continue reading
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Tagged Gullah, Pat Conroy, The Water is Wide
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 10, 2021
“I am an old Southern woman, and I’m supposed to wear funny clothes, ugly hats, and dig in the dirt. I did not make the rules.” — Ouiser Boudreaux, Steel Magnolias Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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Tagged Ouiser Boudreaux, Shirley Maclaine, Steel Magnolias, Steel Magnolias quotes
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 26, 2021
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
This Week’s Sourthernism, Tuesday, April 20, 2021
“Comely was the town by the curving river that they dismantled in a year’s time. Beautiful was Colleton in her last spring as she flung azaleas like a girl throwing rice at a desperate wedding. In dazzling profusion, Colleton ripened … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 12, 2021
“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 Wedding Photo: Deborah … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 29, 2021
“Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.” —Tennessee Williams Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 22, 2021
“You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” —Maya Angelou Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 15, 2021
“The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order in the continuous thread of revelation.” —Eudora Welty Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 8, 2021
“The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.” — Alice Walker Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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