Category Archives: Southernisms

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 29, 2021

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.” —Tennessee Williams Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 22, 2021

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” —Maya Angelou Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 15, 2021

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order in the continuous thread of revelation.” —Eudora Welty Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.” — Alice Walker Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food. It’s a … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, February 22, 2021

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find ways in which you yourself have altered.” — Nelson Mandela Image: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime…Please, treat your garlic with respect…Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screw top … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, January 25, 2021

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Failure is a part of success.” —Hank Aaron Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Art: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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A BLACK PASTOR, A WHITE DEACON, AND A NEW DAY

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  A black pastor, a white deacon, and a new day Reverend Andrew W. Gilmore, African-American Pastor of Greater Tulane Missionary Baptist Church and Christian Love Missionary Baptist Church in New Orleans in the 1970s, was the proud father of … Continue reading →

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