Category Archives: Exploring the South

Poison Spring

  Poison Spring by Gary Wright “. . . revenge turns to bitterness and bitterness is the worst poison . . . .” – Sarah Holman Near the town of Chidester, Arkansas, on April 18, 1864, a signal event played out … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 4, 2019

“Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.” —Cormac McCarthy Photo: Ulla Mansdorfer  

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The Arkansas Traveler

The Arkansas Traveler by Gary Wright “Arkansas, Arkansas, ’tis a name dear. ‘Tis the place I call “Home, Sweet Home.” —Eva Ware Barnett Arkansas is a land filled with mysticism and magic; history and tradition; calm with the folklore of … Continue reading

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Sundays Bring the Flies

Sundays Bring the Flies by Gary Wright Flies have a liking for the sweetest things on earth . . . and, the most foul. They usually eat one right after the other. Scenes of growing up in the rural South … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 17, 2019

A true Southerner will never say in two-three words what can better be said in 10-12. —Charles Kuralt

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Backroad Curiosities

Backroad Curiosities by Gary Wright “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”—Margaret Mead Travel the back roads; visit the uncharted; lose yourself in the hinterland, and there, you’ll find the real America. Away from the asphalt, … Continue reading

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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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Southern Wonders and Curiosities

Southern Wonders and Curiosities Collected by Gary Wright “I done seen ‘bout everything when I saw an elephant fly,” — From Walt Disney’s movie, ‘Dumbo’ The American South is home to many large and small wonders; its colors and hues … Continue reading

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MISSISSIPPI MEMORIES

Family cabin in the Mississippi Delta: where the moon is always full; where the glasses are never empty; where stories outnumber cotton bolls, and laughter chases fireflies; where music was born in the fields and churches; where tears flow from … Continue reading

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I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.”

    I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” — Flannery O’Connor                                     Photos:: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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