Author Archives: Joe Goodell

A Railroad Man

  A Railroad Man by Joseph N Goodell   North of Madison, past the Nissan plant and Canton through the thickening forest, Exit 133 directed me east to Vaughan, Mississippi. The brief drive along Vaughan Road is picturesque under a … Continue reading

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A Southern New Year’s Day Table by Joe Goodell

A look back at a 2015 New Year’s post by our Mississippi transplant, Joe Goodell! Happy New Year, Y’all!! A Southern New Year’s Day Table by Joe Goodell Prescribed by Southern tradition, and recommended for good luck throughout the year, … Continue reading

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What They Came and Fought For

What They Came and Fought For by Joseph N Goodell It is not entirely clear what the Union Army was after during that seriously brutal encounter in early April 1862 near Shiloh Church. No doubt for increased control of the … Continue reading

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Our Immortal Mules

Our Immortal Mules by Joe Goodell A singular phenomenon, the mule, hybrid off-spring of a donkey (jack) and a horse (mare). The other way around, horse (stallion) and donkey (jennet) gives us the hinny. But time and custom have classified … Continue reading

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From Dyess to Nashville

From Dyess to Nashville by Joe Goodell The land was vast and rich; the families, in vast numbers, were not rich; they were beyond destitute, they were starving. Both climate and economy, on errands of menace, had conspired to oppress, then … Continue reading

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Sullivan’s Hollow

Sullivan’s Hollow by Joe Goodell   The streams, Oakahay and Okatoma gathered strength from the creeks to become wider and deeper, while wandering their steady way through the future Smith County of Mississippi. It was a network of generous waterways, … Continue reading

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SYMBOLS

SYMBOLS by Joe Goodell The term “symbol” is derived from the Greek “symbolon,” a pledge or sign by which one infers something abstract. A good example is the symbolic Bulldog which aptly infers the “Go Dawgs” spirit of Mississippi State … Continue reading

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SWEET POTATOES OR YAMS?

  Sweet Potatoes or Yams? by Joe Goodell I do not know how many sweet potatoes are harvested every year in North Carolina. There are reports of the number being greater than that for Mississippi. So we appreciate that it … Continue reading

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Visiting Pluto

Visiting Pluto by Joseph N Goodell As if being led by the hand through a looking glass into this wonderland of Mississippi, Richard Grant’s masterful Dispatches from Pluto genuinely involves a reader into his story. I had no more than … Continue reading

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US 49

    US 49   by Joe Goodell Half an hour north of Jackson, not far from the Big Black River, the casual rolling land gives way to a succession of tall, lush hills one after another, for twelve or … Continue reading

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