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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
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“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
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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
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
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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
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 4, 2018
“I’m Southern, and I know neurotic behavior.” —Faye Dunaway
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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
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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
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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
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