How To Kill a Dandelion with Rhetoric
SUNDAY, June 24: My 9th grade English teacher gave me homework to do before I ever even met her, which …
Category Archives: Southern Stuff
Grits and Hominy
One of the things that are always a favorite of a Southerner is to poke fun at those who hail …
The Epic of the Glorious Cause
The die is now cast — treason has inaugurated civil war, and obtained a temporary victory over the government which has fostered the rebel States as a parent does his child, but like a deadly serpent they have turned and stung their benefactor. But the end is not yet. This unprovoked outrage must be avenged, and that it will be there is not a loop to hang a doubt upon. We shall soon see who are really for or against the Union— there is no middle course.
The Soldier and the Courthouse
It was on a mild, warm Monday late in the month of April, 1911 that saw the gathering of hundreds …
Why I’ll Die a Southerner: Part 2
Having reached my 50th essay and looking back on what everyone read the most, I discovered that “Why I’ll Die …
Southern Fried Religion
In the South, church is very much a way of life and a part of the natural order of things …
Why I’ll Die a Southerner
Someone asked me recently why I thought the South was such a great place to live. I don’t think it is …
The Architecture of the Old South
I have written before of my love for architecture and that of Frank Lloyd Wright, whom I still consider to be …
What do you say?
I have often wondered why common courtesy has become an anachronism in so many places today. Growing up in the …
Midsummer in the Garden of Weeds and Headstones
Cemeteries at Easter have a special significance to many who make the trip there to put lillies on graves of …
The Literate Pen 