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Front Porch by Patricia Neely-Dorsey
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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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The Canton Ladies’ Club (part 2) by Tom Lawrence
…“We’ll be back in a little bit,” I said, and Nancy and I went in the front doorway. The foyer was a large area with gleaming heart-pine floors, elegant oriental rugs, and rich fabrics. The living room was to the … Continue reading →
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The Canton Ladies’ Club by Tom Lawrence
Nancy and I lived in an area of Jackson, Mississippi known as “Belhaven,” an older neighborhood that had been developed in the 1920s. At one time it had been the place to live in Jackson, but had since been … Continue reading →
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Southern Spring Poems by Patricia Neely-Dorsey
A sweet welcome to Spring in poems by PorchScene contributor, Patricia Neely-Dorsey.
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Kathryn Tucker Windham, Alabama Storyteller
“Alabama, they say, is like one big front porch where people gather on summer nights to tell tales and to talk family. Everybody, they say, is kin to everybody else – or knows someone who is. It’s a sprawling porch, … Continue reading →
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LOVE AMONG THE SUNBEAMS by Tom Lawrence
On a hot summer day in 1945 I was informed by my maternal grandmother, a devoted Christian Scientist, that I was about to become a “Sunbeam”. At five years old I had no idea what she was talking about, but … Continue reading →
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Mud And Magnolias By Patricia Neely-Dorsey
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Who? by Lyla Faircloth Ellzey
I search out antique stores with such passion until I think my spirit remains there overnight and converses with the ancient photos I saw that day. I picked up each one and gazed at it longingly, searching for my face … Continue reading →
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Old Tyme Christmas, A Poem by Patricia Neely-Dorsey
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