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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, February 22, 2021
“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
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
Visiting Pluto
Visiting Pluto by Joseph N Goodell As if being led by the hand through a looking glass into this wonderland of Mississippi, Richard Grant’s masterful Dispatches from Pluto genuinely involves a reader into his story. I had no more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Goodell, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta
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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
RODNEY
Rodney by Joe Goodell The ill fortunes of Rodney, Mississippi played out like a marauding storm. There were the yellow fever epidemics, two ravaging fires, the War, of course, and later, the floods of 1927 and 2011. But the … Continue reading
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Tagged exploring the south, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, southern history, the south
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Mississippi Musings
Mississippi Musings by Joe Goodell “Mississippi Hot” In Mississippi, “hot” refers to that time of year when the sun behaves as if it were a hammer, and we are its own private anvil. When nerves wilt under that horrific sun, … Continue reading
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Tagged exploring the south, Joe Goodell, Mississippi blues, Mississippi Delta
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The Power of Reasonable Action
The Power of Reasonable Action by Deborah Fagan Carpenter Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. … Continue reading
Mississippi Bound by Joseph Goodell
Mississippi Bound by Joe Goodell With more demand than inquiry, but with earnest sincerity, I am frequently asked, “What brought you to Mississippi?” Late in September, the unrelenting summer sun, a hammer which regards Mississippi as its own private … Continue reading
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MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA by Tom Lawrence
The Mississippi Delta is a unique and special place. In my book, Delta Days: Tales of the Mississippi Delta, I quoted writer, David Cohn when he said, “The Mississippi Delta starts in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel … Continue reading
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Tagged cat head blues, mccarty pottery, Mississippi Delta, tamale trail, Tom Lawrence
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