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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, August 8, 2023

“The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.” —Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees     Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 15, 2023

“I hadn’t been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called ‘bee yard etiquette’. She reminded me that the world was really one bee yard, and the same rules work … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, September 21, 2020

“When it’s time to die, go ahead and die, and when it’s time to live, live. Don’t sort-of-maybe live, but live like you’re going all out, like you’re not afraid.” —Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees  Photo: Deborah … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, November 12, 2019

“I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world. It hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don’t even know it.” —Sue Monk Kidd, The … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, February 4, 2019

“I hadn’t been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called ‘bee yard etiquette’. She reminded me that the world was really one bee yard, and the same rules work … Continue reading

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 26, 2018

“Every human being on the face of the earth has a steel plate in his head, but if you lie down now and then and get still as you can, it will slide open like elevator doors, letting in all … Continue reading

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