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Southfacin’ Cook: How to Make Crabmeat West Indies Salad

My brother-in-law, Tommy Ratchford of Pensacola, isn’t much of a cook, but he knows a thing or two about seafood. Hearken to his “Southfacin’ Cook” recipe for perfect boiled shrimp on www.newinnola.com. His “West Indies Salad” is a delicious, light, crisp, … Continue reading

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The Game by Mollie Smith Waters

I did not want to be an Auburn fan. Instead, I wanted to pull for Ole Miss. At my grammar school, located in the northeastern corner of Mississippi, the supply cart lady sold single subject notebooks: some with the Mississippi … Continue reading

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Front Porch by Patricia Neely-Dorsey

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IT’S ALL ABOUT PIANO LESSONS by MONA SIDES-SMITH

MAY 6, 2014 I am a dropout from the senior citizens piano lessons class. I didn’t exactly drop out. I was dropped out. Not for my inability to learn how to play the piano, but for my ability to play … Continue reading

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Contain it, and Let it Flow! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

Container gardens add interest and beauty to patios or gardens, and intrigue and curb appeal to entryways. Combining various heights, colors and textures, like this one created by Liam Boyd of Gardens OyVey near Arlington, TN is an inviting way … Continue reading

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Cumberland Island National Seashore

  Rich with natural resources such as pristine maritime forests, undeveloped beaches and wide marshes, there are sea turtles, wild horses, and sand dunes. Cumberland Island, Georgia’s largest and southernmost barrier island, is 17.5 miles long and totals 36,415 acres, of which over … Continue reading

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Birth of Southern Speak by Gary Wright

“Song, song of the South; sweet potato pie and hush my mouth,” as performed by the country group, Alabama “Southern Speak” This is a type of soft speaking which was primarily developed in the South during the northern occupation of the beloved … Continue reading

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Southfacin’ Cook’s Crawfish Chowder by Patsy Brumfield

Have leftover crawfish from a boil? Try this easy recipe for crawfish chowder. We Southerners smugly think “chowder” (or “chow-dah”) is something Yankees invented and shouldn’t be trotted out in kitchens south of the Mason-Dixon line. Fear not, intrepid cooks. … Continue reading

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About Mona – The Thing About Aging By Mona Sides-Smith

About Mona We’re excited to bring a little prickly wit to our readers with the musings of a new contributor. With sardonic humor, our friend and writer Mona Sides Smith will take an irreverent look at the joys and woes … Continue reading

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Quiet Gentility — LaGrange, Tennessee

Quiet Gentility — LaGrange, Tennessee by Deborah Fagan Carpenter A village so beautiful, even the pyromaniacal William Tecumseh Sherman didn’t set it ablaze. La Belle Village, or LaGrange, as it is better known, rests on the bluffs above the Wolf … Continue reading

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