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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 5, 2018
“Because I was born in the South, I’m a Southerner. If I had been born in the North, the West or the Central Plains, I would be just a human being.” — Clyde Edgerton
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, February 26, 2018
“We are good at stories. We hoard them, like an old woman in a room full of boxes, but now and then we pull out our best, and spread them out. We talk of the bad years when the cotton … Continue reading
EGGPLANT-SPINACH STUFFED PORK TENDERLOIN
EGGPLANT-SPINACH STUFFED PORK TENDERLOIN from Southfacin’ Cook, Patsy Brumfield Cooking for my family is both fun and helpful. My son and daughter-in-law work hard all week, and their weekends are consumed with keeping my rambunctious, talkative 3-year-old grandson on track, … Continue reading
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Tagged exploring the south, patsy brumfield, southern food, southfacin' cook
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ENDURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Enduring the Great Depression by Gary Wright The Great Depression of the 1930’s was, in many ways, the darkest time in our modern world. From 1929 until 1939 millions lost their jobs, the stock market crashed, bread lines wound around … Continue reading
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Tagged exploring the south, Gary Wright, southern culture, The Depression in the South
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All in a Name
All in a Name by Gary Wright “Names have power.” —Rick Riordan, ‘The Lightning Thief ‘ Indeed, there are some unusual place names around the world, but, here in the South we have more than our share of unusual, comical, … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, December 11, 2017
“I haven’t given a thought to Christmas, except where to get a little whiskey for the eggnog.” — Eudora Welty writing to her agent, Diarmuid Russell in 1947
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Tagged Eudora Welty, exploring the south, southern literature, southernisms
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, December 4, 2017
“I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” —Flannery O’Connor Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 23, 2017
“His voice had this thick, Charleston accent, where every word had more syllables than ever intended, yet each word seemed as if it had been carefully chosen and presented in a way that only a man born and raised in … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterfly Weeds, exploring the south, Laura Miller, southern culture, southernisms
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The Southern Spread/Fried Chicken
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
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 2, 2017
“Tell about the South. What’s it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there.” — William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! Photo of Faulkner’s Rowan Oak: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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Tagged Absalom, exploring the south, southern literature, southernisms, William Faulkner
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