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Thanksgiving 2020
Thanksgiving 2020 Thanksgiving is “My Holiday,” that is to say, it is the holiday that offers me the happy opportunity of entertaining my lovely family for our annual, ridiculously fattening, but oh-so-satisfying dinner. That Memphis family consists of my son, … Continue reading
A Christmas Gift at the Arcade
A Christmas Gift at the Arcade by Deborah Fagan Carpenter After the death of my father in 1962, my Mother and I began a years-long tradition of traveling to Memphis to spend Christmas with my sister and her young … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 9, 2018
“Life can surprise you. You want something with every ounce of blood that flows in your veins, and then one day it’s yours. Right there before you. Everything. You break out in a cold sweat with the undeniable realization that … Continue reading
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Tacky! Tacky! Tacky!
Tacky! Tacky! Tacky! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter I’ve had to moderate my Facebook activity lately because it causes my already clogged arteries to constrict. But, yesterday I was scrolling through my feed, when I came upon a comment from someone … Continue reading
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Old and New Converge
Old and New Convergeby Deborah Fagan Carpenter Once a thriving town on the Illinois Central Railroad line, when the train repair shops relocated in 1930 and mechanization took over farming, Water Valley, Mississippi, like so many small towns, was … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 10, 2017
“Summer in the Deep South is not only a season, a climate, it’s a dimension. Floating in it, one must be either proud or submerged.” ― Eugene F. Walter, The Untidy Pilgrim Photo: Deborah … Continue reading
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Is there a more magical place?
Is there a more magical place? Deborah Fagan Carpenter Guilty! Sometimes I buy books from Amazon, and sometimes I read on a tablet. Hey, it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of a book in the mail, and then to rip … Continue reading
ME OH MY—JAMBALAYA!
ME OH MY—JAMBALAYA! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter Mardi Gras! It’s the South’s great party! A prelude to Ash Wednesday and Lent, Mardi Gras originated in Europe, but it began in the U.S. in—still under debate—either New Orleans or Mobile. (In Louisiana … Continue reading
A Look at 2016
A Look at 2016 www.porchscene.com Our home—the South—is a beautiful, haunted, place that’s full of contradiction and mystery. Even those of us who have lived here for all or part of our lives have a hard time explaining it, or our … Continue reading