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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
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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US 49
US 49 by Joe Goodell Half an hour north of Jackson, not far from the Big Black River, the casual rolling land gives way to a succession of tall, lush hills one after another, for twelve or … 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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A Fair and Stately Palace
A Fair and Stately Palace by Joseph N Goodell “From that chamber as I fled aghast, a fissure widened and the mighty walls rushed asunder. I heard a tumultuous shouting and saw the deep and dank tarn close sullenly over … Continue reading
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OCTOBER 5th
The movie, “Free State of Jones,” was released Friday. It’s bound to be a lot bigger around here than in many neighborhoods, but it’s certainly worth making a trip to the cinema to see. It’s (1) a well written, acted … Continue reading
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Distinctive Dining in Mississippi
Distinctive Dining in Mississippi by Joe Goodell The Dinner Bell/McComb, MS I enjoy collecting restaurants. Not for any sense of ownership, but in anticipation for visiting those where I’ve never been, and for reliving the delectable memories of those where … Continue reading
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THE “S” IN MISSISSIPPI
THE “S” IN MISSISSIPPI By Joe Goodell Katherine Lee Bates got it right. America is beautiful, as is Mississippi. Her poem describing the wonders of our magnificent country later joined Samuel A Ward’s hymn, America the Beautiful, to become a … Continue reading
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CURIOUS NAMES
Curious Names by Joe Goodell The wags enjoy telling it to you straight: “What’s that y’r ask’n, son?” Wh’r do th’ names f’r Mi’ssippi towns come from? Why right off them wat’r tow’rs, that’s wh’r.” Pause. Guffaw! Such insightful wit … Continue reading
Thanksgiving–A Celebration of Appreciation
Thanksgiving is a holiday for the senses! A holiday teaming with delectable aromas and color. A holiday for remembering or creating a lifetime of memories. A holiday when everyone has a singleness of purpose, and in theory at least: that … Continue reading