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“Sunday Morning,” oil on canvas, Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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The Beach by Lisa W. Davis
For as long as I can remember I have loved summer. When I say summer, I mean the true American South summertime with its five months of near 100-degree days and warm, humid nights. Granted, the advent of air … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the South, Lisa Davis
Tagged beach, southern, southern culture, the south
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Wal-Mart, A Slice of the South by Tom Lawrence
I find myself spending more and more time bemoaning the demise of “Southern Culture” as I knew it as a child and young adult. I long for the days when gas was 19 cents a gallon, the movie cost 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the South, Tom Lawrence
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Cat Head Delta Blues Inc. by Deborah Fagan Carpenter
“the culture behind the music…” Look closely. At first glance, Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Inc. on Delta Avenue in Clarksdale, Mississippi appears to be a store where one can purchase Blues CDs, books about the … Continue reading
Posted in Deborah Carpenter, Music
Tagged cat head blues, delta blues, Mississippi blues, Mississippi Delta, southern culture
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McCarty’s Gallery Restaurant by Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Food Scene
State of the art dining is what guests may expect at the Gallery Restaurant. Just as the McCarty Pottery Barn is a well-kept secret, so too, is their dining offering, which was established by Lee McCarty to give his pottery shoppers … Continue reading
Posted in Deborah Carpenter, Food
Tagged McCarty, Mississippi, mississippi artist, Mississippi Delta, southern artist, southern culture, The Delta
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How The Delta Came to Be by Tom Lawrence
Scenes from History
The great alluvial flood plain known as the Mississippi Delta begins just south of Memphis, Tennessee and extends to just north of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Delta is nestled between the Mississippi River on the West and the chain of hills … Continue reading
Posted in History, Tom Lawrence
Tagged delta history, Mississippi Delta, mississippi history
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Driving on a Gravel Road by Tom Lawrence
Scenes from History
If you learned to drive in the Mississippi Delta before 1960 you learned on gravel roads. Mississippi had a very good system of concrete highways that connected all parts of the State. No responsible parent would allow their twelve year … Continue reading
Posted in Good Stories, Tom Lawrence
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McCarty Pottery by Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Word of mouth is apparently all they need to draw a crowd. Without any signage, who would guess that behind the weathered Delta Cypress wall, surrounded by thick bamboo, one would find an amazing art environment created by Merigold, Mississippi … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Deborah Carpenter
Tagged ceramics, marigold mississippi, mccarty ceramics, mccarty pottery, mississippi pottery
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Mississippi Tamale Trail by Mary Prater
Growing up, I never knew that what I called a “hot tamale” wasn’t a food born and bred in Mississippi. The Delta Hot Tamale was as much a part of my southern upbringing as college football on Saturday and church … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Mary Prater
Tagged Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi Hot Tamales, The Delta
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An Interview with Deborah Fagan Carpenter by Tom Lawrence
This first interview for PorchScene.com features Memphis artist Deborah Fagan Carpenter. I commissioned Deborah to create the dust cover for my book of short stories that was published in April of 2011. I have owned one of Deborah’s major paintings … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Tom Lawrence
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“Sunday Morning,” oil on canvas, Deborah Fagan Carpenter