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Tacky! Tacky! Tacky!
Tacky! Tacky! Tacky! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter I’ve had to moderate my Facebook activity lately because it causes my already clogged arteries to constrict. But, yesterday I was scrolling through my feed, when I came upon a comment from someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Fagan Carpenter, exploring the south, Tacky
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MARDI GRAS LAGNIAPPE
MARDI GRAS LAGNIAPPE by Gary Wright ‘We picked up one excellent word — a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word — “lagniappe.”’ — Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi Headed to … Continue reading
“…that all men are created equal.”
“…that all men are created equal.” by Deborah Fagan Carpenter Memphis, Tennessee has the dubious standing of being the city in which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lost his life to an assassin in 1968. Memphis also has the honor … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the South
Tagged Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lorraine Motel, Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum, Tennessee
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ENDURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Enduring the Great Depression by Gary Wright The Great Depression of the 1930’s was, in many ways, the darkest time in our modern world. From 1929 until 1939 millions lost their jobs, the stock market crashed, bread lines wound around … Continue reading
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Tagged exploring the south, Gary Wright, southern culture, The Depression in the South
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All in a Name
All in a Name by Gary Wright “Names have power.” —Rick Riordan, ‘The Lightning Thief ‘ Indeed, there are some unusual place names around the world, but, here in the South we have more than our share of unusual, comical, … Continue reading
A Southern Raisin’
A Southern Raisin’by Gary Wright Southerners have mastered picking, choosing and rationalizing better than their own mother’s fried chicken recipe. — Maggie Young Looking back on my life, I realize that my southern raisin’ was an extraordinary occurrence granted to … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the South, One Man's Southern Experience
Tagged Gary Wright, southern culture
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So He Built a Wall: Revisited
(Mr. Tom Hendrix passed away on February 24, 2017. He was 83 years old. To pay tribute to him and the amazing tribute HE paid to his great-great grandmother, we wanted to re-publish his story.) So He Built a Wall: … Continue reading
Posted in Exploring the South
Tagged alabama, Alabama's Top Spiritual Places, Environmental Art, Natchez Trace Stops, Tom Hendrix, Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall
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A Bronze Star for Brenda
A Bronze Star for Brenda by Dr. J. Randall O’Brien Heroes, civil rights heroes and heroines, number in the hundreds, nay thousands — tens of thousands — from the 1960s alone. Immortalized in the pages of American history, many of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenda Travis, Civil Rights Movement in McComb, MS, Randall O'Brien
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The Southern Spread/Fried Chicken
The Southern Spread by deborah fagan carpenter Our culture, our history, our spirit, and our hospitality are some of the ingredients. Southern foods are heavily influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Native-American cuisine, and although most of them … Continue reading
THE SOUTHERN SPREAD, Tuesday, September 19, 2017
The Southern Spread by deborah fagan carpenter Our culture, our history, our spirit, and our hospitality are some of the ingredients. Southern foods are heavily influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Native-American cuisine, and although most of them … Continue reading