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Old and New Converge

Old and New Convergeby Deborah Fagan Carpenter   Once a thriving town on the Illinois Central Railroad line, when the train repair shops relocated in 1930 and mechanization took over farming, Water Valley, Mississippi, like so many small towns, was … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 24, 2017

“That sinuous southern life, that oblique and slow and complicated old beauty, that warm thick air and blood warm sea, that place of mists and languor and fragrant richness…” — Anne Rivers Siddons, Colony  

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 17, 2017

  “I’ve barely said five words to you. What indication could you possibly have that I am a Yankee?” “Well, we could start with the words ‘what indication.’ Someone from south of the Mason-Dixon would have said, ‘Who the hell … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 10, 2017

    “Summer in the Deep South is not only a season, a climate, it’s a dimension. Floating in it, one must be either proud or submerged.”   ― Eugene F. Walter, The Untidy Pilgrim       Photo: Deborah … Continue reading

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SYMBOLS

SYMBOLS by Joe Goodell The term “symbol” is derived from the Greek “symbolon,” a pledge or sign by which one infers something abstract. A good example is the symbolic Bulldog which aptly infers the “Go Dawgs” spirit of Mississippi State … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 19, 2017 by Sally Mann

  “To identify a person as a Southerner suggests not only that her history is inescapable and formative but that it is also impossibly present. Southerners live uneasily at the nexus between myth and reality, watching the mishmash amalgam of … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 12, 2017

“Magic of Southern expressions? Similes and metaphorical allusions. They are the yellow highlighter of conversation.” ― Tim Heaton  

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Divine Little League

Once again, we’re hoping to bring some cheer to Tom Lawrence—founder of Front Porch Press, LLC, our parent company—as he experiences this difficult time in his life. This is one of his charming stories (mostly true) that gives some insight … Continue reading

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ME OH MY—JAMBALAYA!

ME OH MY—JAMBALAYA! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter Mardi Gras! It’s the South’s great party! A prelude to Ash Wednesday and Lent, Mardi Gras originated in Europe, but it began in the U.S. in—still under debate—either New Orleans or Mobile. (In Louisiana … Continue reading

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Mobile Mardi Gras à la Joe Cain

  Mobile Mardi Gras à la Joe Cain By Gary Wright     Often, things are not as they seem; usually, but not always, more so than ever   Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. October 10, 1832–April 17, 1904 Widely known … Continue reading

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