This is the fourth year I’ve wintered in the warmer mid-South in northeastern Mississippi near its borders with Tennessee and Alabama. The people are sweet and … [Read more...]
Cooking and Eating Southern
Photo credit to Patricia Preston from her tasty, humorous cook book available on Amazon, Darlene's Redneck Recipes Cooking and Eating Southern--Mustard Greens, … [Read more...]
Happy (usually) Income Tax Day
The Middle Ages faced health crises, too. Bubonic Plague doctors wore masks with bird-like beaks to protect them from diseases that they began to understand were … [Read more...]
Things learned while sheltering in place alone on the small Minnesota farm I’ve owned for eight years
• China pheasants live in this yard, adding bright color, distinctive cries, and leaving colorful feathers I sometimes make into earrings for friends. • A … [Read more...]
Happiness is a choice.
Happiness is a choice. Like picking fruit. You reach up to find the choicest piece, twist it from its stem, and make it yours. Pick as much as you like, to eat or … [Read more...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Congratulations to the man who chased snakes out of Ireland. That’s a good thing to be known for—chasing the snakes out of anywhere. How did Patrick do it? He … [Read more...]
Learning Southern
By this my fourth winter in the Mid-South, one necessary goal has been to understand and speak “Southern”. I’m not there yet, but locals declare I’m making … [Read more...]
Happy Leap Year and Sadie Hawkins Day
This year is a Leap Year. Congratulations to all February 29th babies who again have a birth day to celebrate! Leap Year is a strange term. We leap at what? A day … [Read more...]
How will you celebrate Valentine’s Day?
I remember excitement as a kid when Valentine’s Day rolled around because schoolteachers decorated the room and made a big occasion of it. We each brought our … [Read more...]
The wonderful gift of words
Last September as I drove south from Minnesota to Northeast Mississippi for the winter, I listened to a lot of Public Radio. One program introduced a fascinating … [Read more...]
