Category Archives: Southernisms

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 8, 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“In the south, the breeze blows softer…neighbors are friendlier and more talkative. (By contrast with the Yankee, the Southerner never uses one word when ten or twenty will do.)…This is a different place. Our way of thinking is different, as … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 1, 2019

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

We Southerners live at a leisurely pace, and sharing our hospitality with our family, friends, and the stranger within our gate is one of our greatest joys. —Winifred G. Cheney, The Southern Hospitality Cookbook   Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 24, 2019

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“In the South, perhaps more than any other region, we go back to our home in dreams and memories, hoping it remains what it was on a lazy, still summer’s day twenty years ago.” — Unknown

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

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 10, 2019

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“If one piddles correctly, time just goes away, without regret on the part of the piddler, or even any particular notice.”   —Rick Bragg,  My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South 

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 3, 2019

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “But here I am, and here I’ll stay. I want the world to know I’m happy.” — Eudora Welty, Why I Live at the P.O.   Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 27, 2019

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.” — Anthony Bourdain

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 20, 2019

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Honey, it isn’t the way I would do it, but you go right ahead.” —William Faulkner, responding to a request by his friend Eudora Welty for criticism of a love scene she had written.   Photo of Rowan Oak: Deborah … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 13, 2019

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “Sing me a love song in a slow, southern drawl to the tune of sunny days…” —Kellie Elmore, Magic in the Backyard

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 6, 2019

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “In a sense I have never left home. In Rome I live as I lived in Mobile. On my terrace garden I have five kinds of mint, five kinds of onions and chives, as well as four-o-clocks and sweet … Continue reading →

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