Category Archives: Southernisms

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 28, 2021

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Summer in the South is not only a season, a climate, it’s a dimension. Floating in it, one must either be proud or submerged.” —Eugene Walter, The Untidy Pilgrim Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“I can’t waste more time worrying unless something surfaces that should legitimately cause fear.” —Tig Notaro       Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“I was not aware of how much vital energy had gone into this struggle until the struggle was removed.” —Tennessee Williams Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 24, 2021

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 17, 2021

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “The boat ride to Yamacraw became a celebration of sorts. It was a time when I became aware of tides ebbing and flooding in accordance with the transcendental clockwork of the universe; a time of the pale, wafer-thin moon … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 10, 2021

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“I am an old Southern woman, and I’m supposed to wear funny clothes, ugly hats, and dig in the dirt. I did not make the rules.” — Ouiser Boudreaux, Steel Magnolias Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Sourthernism, Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Comely was the town by the curving river that they dismantled in a year’s time. Beautiful was Colleton in her last spring as she flung azaleas like a girl throwing rice at a desperate wedding. In dazzling profusion, Colleton ripened … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“April that year came sudden and still, and the green of the trees was a wild bright green. The pale wisterias bloomed all over town, and silently the blossoms shattered.” — Carson McCullers, The Member of the Wedding Photo: Deborah … Continue reading →

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