Elephants In the Kudzu
Take a drive anywhere through the South in the summer and you'll become aware of mile after mile of a vine imported by the highway department in the early 1900's to control erosion of the roadways....
View Article"Moore" is Better: A Small Tribute
She can be an emotional sap but it's passion that drivers her every thought: true Otherworldly love for a child, unfathomable loyalty and devotion to family and friends, and ambition to affect...
View Article...Lived to Speak Another Day
Lots of you know (and some of you don't) that I'm a middle-aged Deep Southerner in a second year of pursuing a degree in Culinary Arts Technology at Jones County Junior College. It's a second go-round...
View ArticleJuly 4th in the Deep South: As American as Cubed Watermelon?
It occurred to me the other day that I hadn't written a blog post in a very long time. Not really having a bunch of anything newsworthy, the thought was dismissed; until tonight, that is. I was...
View ArticleThe Twinkie Cake That Wasn't: How to Make Do
Grandmama, grandmother to The Fellows on their other side of the family, used to make this cake (she may still). I don't know where the recipe came from, Google, perhaps could tell, although Grandmama...
View ArticleChristmas Rant
Christmas Rant? Are you serious, Mayree? Well….. Yes.And before anyone reads any farther to only get offended, this is a singular Christian perspective. I’ve never professed to be anything but a...
View ArticleA Rose Is A Rose is a Swirl Rose?
Yep. See? I hope to get back on schedule of a blog post a week, now that the requirements for an associates in applied science culinary arts degree have been finished. While decorating the 'Frozen'...
View ArticleGood Night and Good Bye 2014!
Last sunset of 2014I hear the youngsters in the neighborhood popping bottle rockets with the occasional high-dollar canon exploding. A wonderful cold spell just right for December has the stars...
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