You see trolleys….rolling down the HIGHWAY. You love Tweety Bird so much you profess that love by adorning the back window of your car with Tweety Bird house shoes. Keep it klassy, Delta!
Happy Fall, Y’all!
October 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Wow! I can’t believe it’s October! I remember when the new year rolled around like it was yesterday, and here we are. I can always tell when it’s that time of year just by the smells in our little Mississippi Delta town. The farmers start harvesting and burning off their fields and if you aren’t [...]
Funny Car Tags
July 6, 2011 By 5 Comments
Yes, it was all the former English teacher in me could do to not point out this misspelling to the woman driving her “new to her” Expedition.
Mississippi River Flood 2011
May 8, 2011 By 4 Comments
Naturally, when you live 20 miles east of the Mississippi River bank, your thoughts can become almost consumed with wondering if the levee protecting you from this mighty force of water is going to hold. Are we really safe? Are the river gauges really giving accurate readings of how high the water is? When will [...]
Rare Southern Snow
January 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
It has been March of 2008 since our little town has seen any sort of significant snowfall. The snow has danced above and below us over the past two years, but nothing to cancel school and work which is THE GOAL. The Weather Channel started warning us last Wednesday that THE BIG ONE was on [...]
Party in the Country
October 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
This past Friday night E.B. went to, hands down, the best children’s birthday party we’ve attended yet. I normally tolerate kiddie birthday parties just for his sake, but I actually found myself enjoying this one so much, and it wasn’t because it was so over-the-top. In fact, it’s simplicity and location were the very things [...]
Deer Hunting Season
October 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
There’s usually only a couple of stipulations to planning a wedding in the South, or at least where I live. You don’t plan a wedding during SEC football season and you most certainly don’t plan a wedding during hunting season. Doing so would guarantee that more than half the male population wouldn’t show up, the groom [...]
