Tag Archives: exploring the south

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

“In the South, as in no other American region, people use language as it was surely meant to be employed; a lush, personal, emphatic, treasure of coins to be spent slowly and for value” — Time Magazine, September 1976

Posted in Southernisms | Tagged | Comments Off on This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 8, 2019

“I owe my soul to the company store.”

The Company Store by Gary Wright “Saint Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t go; I owe my soul to the company store.” — Merle Travis, ‘Sixteen Tons’ The ‘Company Store’ was probably one of the most vilified institutions … Continue reading

Posted in Exploring the South, Gary Wright | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

We are the sum of all of our history and all of our progress.

We are the sum of all of our history and all of our progress. by Deborah Fagan Carpenter We are informed by our past, but we are not all stuck there. Time stands still; time produces evolution. Some things change; … Continue reading

Posted in Exploring the South | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

ACCENT ON SOUTHERN!

Accent on Southern! By Gary Wright A rose by any other name would smell as sweet but it would still be just as thorny.     What is commonly referred to as a “southern accent” in the United States may … Continue reading

Posted in Exploring the South | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

It’s a Jungle Out There!

It’s a Jungle Out There! by Gary Wright Due to the cost of ammunition I no longer provide warning shots. The American South is filled with dozens of ways to meet one’s demise. I have purposely not included perils caused … Continue reading

Posted in Exploring the South | Tagged , | Comments Off on It’s a Jungle Out There!

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 18, 2018

“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

Posted in Southernisms | Tagged , , | Comments Off on This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 18, 2018

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 4, 2018

“I’m Southern, and I know neurotic behavior.” —Faye Dunaway

Posted in Exploring the South, Southernisms | Tagged , , | Comments Off on This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 4, 2018

That’s What it’s Called

  That’s What it’s Called By Gary Wright “Names are not always what they seem.”—Mark Twain The community of Tightsqueeze, Virginia got its name due to the construction of two buildings close to a road that connected the towns of … Continue reading

Posted in Exploring the South, Gary Wright | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

THE SOUTHERN SPREAD: Funeral Food

The Southern Spread   by deborah fagan carpenter Our culture, our history, our spirit, and our hospitality are some of the ingredients. Southern foods are heavily influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Native-American cuisine, and although most of them … Continue reading

Posted in Deborah Fagan Carpenter, Exploring the South, Food Scene | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on THE SOUTHERN SPREAD: Funeral Food

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 14, 2018

“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans.  Everywhere else is Cleveland.”   — Tennessee Williams

Posted in Southernisms | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 14, 2018