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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 23, 2022
“The perfect speech would consist of the diction of the east, the vigor of the midwest and the melody of the South” – Winston Churchill Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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Tagged Winston Churchill
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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, April 19, 2022
“All I can say is that there’s a sweetness here, a Southern sweetness that makes sweet music. If I had to tell somebody who had never been to the South, who had never heard of soul music, what it was, … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 11, 2022
“Then in his mind it was spring again, and he looked upon a field. It was prepared for the planting, the soil had been broken by the plow. It was the proper season. There was warmth in the soil.” — Byron Herbert Reece, “The Hawk and … Continue reading
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Tagged Byron Herbert Reece, The Hawk and the Sun
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 28, 2022
“All the really great records or people who made them somehow came from Memphis or Louisiana or somewhere along the Mississippi River. And singers like Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters gave me the feeling that they were right there, standing … Continue reading
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Tagged Howlin' Wolf, John Fogerty, Mississippi River, Muddy Waters
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 14, 2022
“…and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.” —James Lee Burke Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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Tagged James Lee Burke, Jolie Blon's Bounce
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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, March 8, 2022
“All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.” —Tennessee Williams Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
OUR THOUGHTS TODAY ARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE
Photo: Suzanne Jutzeler
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, February 21, 2022
“Won’t it be wonderful when black history and Native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.” — Maya Angelou Art Work/”Searching for America,” Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Happy Valentine Day!
“You should be kissed often, and by someone who knows how.” —Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind Photo: Deborah Fagan Csrpenter
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Tagged gone with the wind, margaret mitchell, Rhett Butler
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, January 31 2022
“Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.” ― Mark Twain … Continue reading
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Tagged Mark Twain
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