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It’s A Living Thing

Posted in Animals, Food, Home Fries, Southern Gothic on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

When I was a kid, we used to chase these wild, flightless birds called guineas around my grandparents’ farm. There wasn’t much to do at the farm, and chasing wild birds was about as exciting as it got. No matter how fast we ran after those guineas, we never caught up to them. That was [...]

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Garden & Gun

Posted in Southern Gothic on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I subscribed to Garden & Gun magazine a couple of months ago (after it was recommended by our friend Elizabeth) and was thrilled to receive my first issue this week. After finally finishing Ellen Gilchrist’s Nora Jane, and before diving into Dolly, I picked up the magazine and read it from cover to cover. As [...]

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Shear Heaven

Posted in Southern Gothic, Travel, tagged on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When we passed this sign in La Grange, Texas, I demanded that we turn around and go back for a photo. Conveniently located just across the road from the cemetery, I have to wonder if Curl Up and Dye gets most of the funeral business in town. I imagine the beauty parlor from Steel Magnolias [...]

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Pet Cemetery

Posted in Southern Gothic on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love animals. I’ve had lots of them over the years, and our dog Jaxon is one very special little lady. But every time I travel home to Statesboro, it seems there’s something strange going on with my parents’ animals. During college, I returned one Thanksgiving to find our beagle Molly had been put down [...]

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