Category Archives: Southernisms

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 8, 2021

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” —Flannery O’Conner Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter  

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 1, 2021

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“…When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.” — John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 18, 2021

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. —Maya Angelou Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 11, 2021

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, September 6, 2021

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.” —Rosa Parks Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans, when that’s where you left your heart? The moonlight on the bayou, a creole tune that fills the air. I dream about magnolias in bloom and I’m wishin’ I was … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, August 23, 2021

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“She was sippin’ on Southern and singing Marshall Tucker. We were fallin’ in love in the sweet heart of summer.” —Florida Georgia Line Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 26, 2021

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

The air was oppressive even in the early morning hour, hot with the scorching promise of a noon of glaring blue sky and pitiless bronze sun.” — Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind     Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 12, 2021

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed. — Unknown Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Sunday July 4, 2021

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” —William Faulkner Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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