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Home Articles Links Stories from the Press Snippets Analecta Message Board Editor's Bio Bulletin Board Submissions Free Update E-mail Link to USADS Oct~2002 featured articles Nov~2002 featured articles Dec~2002 featured articles Jan~2003 featured articles ___________________ ARTICLES ABOUT SOUTHERN PEOPLE AND PLACES . . . AND ANYTHING ELSE WE FANCY! One of the best sites on the Net for readers, writers, storytellers, travelers, nostalgia buffs, and gossips. Southern Talk “The heart that loves is always young.” -- Barry Martin “May we be loved by those we love.” -- Traditional toast "Life is too short and too long to be doing anything that doesn’t make your heart sing. It’s infinitely better to live your dream than dream it. And finally, well-behaved women rarely make history.” -- Jill Conner Browne "Don’t let your mouth write a check your tail can’t cover." -- Bo Diddley "The highest result of education is tolerance." -- Helen Keller "Southerners talk music." -- Mark Twain “Most Southern writers were produced by a society in which people talk into the night and tell stories.” -- Eudora Welty "People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for." -- Harper Lee “Winners get scars too.” -- Johnny Cash "It is so terribly important in life to stay humble. Always be confident, but never be cocky." -- Senator Bill Frist’s father “All around the lake were fathers and sons having some kind of uncomplicated experience, but as for me, I was thinking, what in God’s name am I doing here, holding this pole with a roach pinned to the end of a hook? And worse: what if I catch a fish? ” -- Edward Cohen Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Click here! ___________________ ~Southern Speak~ “Sho’nuff” pronunciation of ~~sure enough~~ “He is sho’nuff one firecracker of a lawyer, I’m here to tell you.” For more great Southern expressions, please click here. @2001, 2002, 2003 All Rights Reserved Best viewed on IE Updated Feb/03

~February '03 Featured Articles~ Effie In Her Domain by Charles East Charles East, retired editor at Louisiana State University Press and author of several books, shares this Valentine of sorts as he remembers his high school senior English teacher, Effie Glassco. If you ever had a teacher who was larger than life, you’ll appreciate this one! Thanks, Daddy by Lonnye Sue Sims Pearson Here’s another message of love--this one from Lonnye Sue Pearson to her dad. We’ve all heard the expression, “salt of the earth” . . . that’s Daddy Sims. Mulberry Street by Don Drane Written for his father, this story by Don Drane describes a special place--the family home on Mulberry Street in Durant, Mississippi. Don can write a heart-tugger--Ye Editor guarantees it. A Chilling Afternoon by Beth Boswell Jacks On a business trip with the hubby, Beth Jacks sets out on a mission on a frigid winter day. The excursion proves chilling for more than one reason. Martins by Hugh Frank Smith What’s a guy to do when his every attempt to attract those marvelous martins fails? Who will devour the monster mosquitoes that plague his corner of the Deep South? Veteran journalist Hugh Frank Smith takes us along on his quest for bird buddies. Last Locomotive North by Kent Fletcher Kent Fletcher’s memoir reminds us of the time when steam locomotives lumbered through the middle of town. Beautifully told! A Survival Guide For Newly Married Men by Jack Kean Read this, ye fledgling hubbies, for important guidance from one who knows his stuff. Very helpful . . . and very funny! Goodbye, Debt . . . Hello, Rice Cakes by Charles W. Dowdy One of the best young writers around, Charles Dowdy explains how we can curb and eliminate ugly ol’ debt. This guy is hilarious--you must read. Kidnapped by Macklyn Hubbell Your wife kidnaps you and takes you off to parts unknown. How romantic can you get during this “month of love”? Who cares if you end up in . . . well, click and find out. A Healing Batch of Chicken & Dumplings by Bettye Rozier Gibson The title says it all, and Bettye gives us the details in charming prose. Yummmm! Miss Babe by Tom Givens Miss Babe was one of the loves of his life, says the judge. She raised him. She loved him. And her memory will always be with him. Sweet, sweet story . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And why not enjoy these "oldies but goodies"? Coming of Age With WLAC by Beth B. Jacks Beer Butt Chicken by Carl Bartlett, Jr. Good News! by Jan Risher Letter From Paris by Gusty Russel Scattergood Sweet Home by Jim Goudelock Highway 61 by Jamie, Will, & Beth Jacks Family Resemblance by Jeannette W. Davis Bowled Over By All Y’all by John Lowe Viet Nam by Clyde Boswell Bottletree: Out Of Nowhere by Don Drane

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