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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, February 6, 2023
“Oswald welcomed the cooler weather because in the following days he discovered it brought winter sunsets, and the river sunsets were different from anything else he had ever seen. They mesmerized him.” —Fannie Flagg, Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Posted in Southernisms
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A Southern Christmas Memory (II)
A Southern Christmas Memory by Deborah Fagan Carpenter (First published here in December, 2016) “Imagine a morning in late November. A coming-of-winter morning more than twenty years ago. Consider the kitchen of a spreading old house in a country town. … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the South
Tagged A Christmas Memory, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote
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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, December 20, 2022
“Christmas in the South means a creamy bowl of rum and bourbon based eggnog and a rich array of cakes and candies: coconut cake, white fruitcake, bourbon ball candies, and sugary divinity candies topped with pecans.” — Eugene Walter, writing … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, November 22, 2022
“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
Posted in Southernisms
Tagged The Thanksgiving Visitor, Truman Capote
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 7, 2022
Your vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union.” —John Lewis Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Posted in Southernisms
Tagged John Lewis
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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, November 1, 2022
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” —Maya Angelou Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 17, 2022
“I will do those things that make me happy today and which I can also live with ten years from now.” — Greg Iles Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Posted in Southernisms
Tagged Greg Iles
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 3, 2022
“Eating together is an occasion that humans have made into a peacemaking ritual.” —Paul Theroux, Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Posted in Southernisms
Tagged Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads, Paul Theroux
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, September 26, 2022
“Trees still grow after letting dead things go.” —Darnell Lamont Walker, southern writer, filmmaker, and artist Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Posted in Southernisms
Tagged blues, Clues and You, Darnell Lamont Walker, Two Whats?! And a Wow!
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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, September 13, 2022
“The three biggest funerals in Alabama history define the state’s contending loyalties, I was told: George Wallace’s, Martin Luther King’s, and Bear Bryant’s.” —Paul Theroux, Deep South: Four Season on Back Roads Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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Tagged Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads, Paul Theroux
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