Category Archives: Southernisms

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 27, 2020

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette, Louisiana, shape-note singing, old harp singing from the mountains – I love that stuff. It’s like the beginning of … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 20, 2020

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something. Our children will ask us, ‘What did you do? What did you say?’ We have a mission … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“I went by back roads, past pines, swamps, shacks, the small towns of Lorman and Fayette, a school flying a Confederate flag, and down one road on which for some miles there were large lettered signs with intimidating Bible quotations … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 6, 2020

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” —Harper Lee Art: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 29, 2020

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” —William J. Clinton 

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 15, 2020

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 8, 2020

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”   —Flannery O’Conner   Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenteer  

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 1, 2020

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots, but in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 25, 2020

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy. —Greg Iles Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 18, 2020

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” —Lilly Pulitzer Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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