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Category Archives: Exploring the South
A Southernism, Monday, April 15, 2024
Truth: that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view. —William Faulkner … Continue reading
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A Southernism, Monday, February 26, 2023
“These southerners know the names of what shrubs hang over what creek, what dogwood flowers bloom what color, what kind of soil is under their feet.” —Natalia Goldberg Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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A Southernism, Monday, February 12, 2024
“No one is without Christianity if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged A Christmas Memory, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote
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Let’s Cook Something Southern!
Let’s Cook Something Southern! Our South Facin’ Cook, Patsy R. Brumfield has been under the weather of late, and she’s also recently relocated and is still settling in, so I’m pinch-hitting on the “food scene.” Hopefully, Patsy will be back … Continue reading
Honoring Black History Month
In honor Black HIstory Month, Dr. J. Randall O’Brien has graciously allowed us to use a clip from his recently published book, Would Moses Throw a Chair? The year was 1979. Johnny Lee Clary, Grand Dragon of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. J. Randall O'Brien, Johnny Lee Clary, Reverend Wade Watts
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BUTCH BOEHM PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF ICE STORM 2022
Though the treacherous ice storm in Memphis and the Mid-South at the beginning of February reeked havoc and caused nearly 150,000 people in Shelby county to lose power for many days, it was nature’s beauty at its finest. It provided … Continue reading
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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“I HAVE A DREAM”
With the MLK holiday approaching, I decided to focus our second grade Social Studies lessons on the life of Dr. King. At the start of the week, I asked if anyone knew why we would be out of school celebrating … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, December 20, 2021
“No one has ever become poor from giving.” —Maya Angelou Merry Christmas and Happy Hollidays from Porchscene! Please stay safe! Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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