MARCH 26, 2011 11:27AM

Faces From Another Day

I’ve just happened on a blog by another Mississippian---well, happened is probably not the proper word. I’ve been seeking out the Southern stuff, the grits-and-gravy stuff, the bits and pieces of past and future and now.

I’ve found peas and cornbread, with recipes for both. There are/… Read full post »
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MARCH 20, 2011 12:41PM

Keeper of the Nest

I am the Keeper of a Nest. I just read that concept, in those four little words,  and it was just as if I saw our home and my role in it in a slightly different way. I’ve been pondering that new idea---an idea as old as old can be, from… Read full post »

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MARCH 17, 2011 11:46AM

Harliss MacIntyre

Harliss MacIntyre had a bad reputation. She’d been known to steal boyfriends, flirt with other girls’ dates, and in later years, it was rumored that she’d met a straying husband or two at that little motel way up 61, being sure to get a room in the back section where their… Read full post »

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MARCH 8, 2011 3:41PM

G. R. I. T. S.

In blogging, I’ve been asked about my raising and outlook and cooking, and I've answered in much-too-much telling of who taught me, and of all the wonderful Southern cooks and writers and farmers and woodcrafters and just plain good folks who've been such a part of my life and all that I… Read full post »
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JANUARY 11, 2011 9:49AM

MAMMAW'S PINEAPPLE CAKE

One of my memories  of  my Mammaw has a bright yellow hue, of the kitchen walls and the hot afternoon sun through the uncurtained windows, the egg yolks, the exotic pineapple, and the big Pyrex mixing bowl. I hope that all my family will someday read and savor and try to capture… Read full post »

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JANUARY 4, 2011 1:27PM

Chock-lit CAAAAKE

I’ve known only two people in my life who didn’t like chocolate.   One was a bit strange in other ways, as well, and the other came by her dislike honestly.

 

One of the Aunts on Chris’ side married very young---she was fifteen and her husband nineteen when they ran aw… Read full post »

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