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Home Articles Links Stories from the Press Snippets Message Board Editor's Bio Bulletin Board Submissions Free Update E-mail Link to USADS USADS BACK ISSUES Feb~2003 Mar~2003 Apr~2003 May~2003 Jun~2003 Jul~2003 Aug~2003 Sep~2003 Oct~2003 Nov~2003 Dec~2003 Interested in a writing contest? Check this one out: WriterWorks ___________________ 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 South is America. The South is what we started out with in this bizarre, slightly troubling, basically wonderful country -- fun, danger, friendliness, energy, enthusiasm, and brave, crazy, tough people.” -- P. J. O’Rourke "The thing, I have to say, that I love about the South: it tends to cherish and elevate its eccentrics, rather than try to do a psychiatric diagnosis of why they are the way they are." -- Floyd Carlisle "What could be more Southern than to obsess about being Southern?" -- E. F. Arroyo "My sister says Southerners are like other people, only more so." -- Blanche M. Boyd "Double-wide what?” -- a note Lee Smith’s NYC copy editor wrote in the margin of one of her manuscripts "If you are going to be underestimated by people who speak more rapidly, the temptation is to speak slowly and strategically and outwit them." -- Doris Betts “Many Southern Ladies are fierce, dignified ex-Belles who changed their ways before they went crazy or killed somebody.” -- Donna Tartt "When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground." -- Bill Ferris “The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.” -- William Faulkner Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Click here! ___________________ ~Southern Speak~ “Wawnchall” pronunciation of ~~WHY DON’T YOU ALL~~ “Wawnchall come on by the house and grab a bite to eat?” For more great Southern expressions, please click here. @2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 All Rights Reserved Best viewed on IE Updated Jan/04

Happy New Year To All Y'all! ~January '04 Featured Articles~ Touching History by Marta Martin We welcome Marta to the pages of USADEEPSOUTH. A writer and researcher in West Virginia, she shares with us a fascinating slice of history from her home state. Must read. January 1 by Aamie Burnley Aamie is back with a special poem to welcome the New Year. What a writer! Brunette Altos and a Five-year-old Wiggler by Charles Dowdy Will he survive the 11 o'clock worship hour with the wiggler at his side and the whole alto section glaring at him from the choir loft? Dowdy sees the world through laughing eyes. Love him, we do. New Year Birthday -- Poo! by Beth Boswell Jacks Jacks had the misfortune to be born in January. What? You, too? Then you'll identify. The Wal-Mart Paradox by Gene Owens Whatcha gonna do? Big, bad Wal-Mart draws the shoppers like flies. Is this giant retailer a threat to the town square? Read what Gene has to say . . . Christine II by Kent Fletcher This guy has some wacky experiences, for sure. Here, he apologizes to Stephen King as he tells us about HIS Christine. Jack by Thomas Givens The judge writes about a sweetheart of a dog -- his Jack, a talented pooch who could flat decimate rats. Good reading. Jeanne Ray's EAT CAKE reviewed by Augusta R. Scattergood Gusty gives us another great book review. She tells it like it is, this girl. Dixie by Randy Hill Randy has contributed quite a treasure for the USADS archives with this one. He gives us the history of the beautiful song "Dixie," and what he reveals may surprise you . . . Simplicity by Lonnye Sue Pearson Ahhh, Lonnye Sue. Here's a heart-warming memoir as only LSP can tell it. The Grizzly by David Norris Norris is one of our best at USADEEPSOUTH. In The Grizzly, he talks of friendships and lost relationships. You don't want to miss reading this, Ye Editor promises. The Last Yard Sale by Charlotte Stephens Every kid sells on the street corner, right? New at USADS, Stephens takes us back to her childhood with a delightful tale of childhood entrepreneurship. Big Mama's Toe Nails by Jan Risher Jan Risher, girl, you are a hoot. This one's dedicated to all the Risher fans out there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And why not enjoy these "oldies but goodies"? Reflections by Jim Goudelock Ahhh, Belize! by Valerie Clark My South by Robert St. John Highway 61 by Jamie, Will, Beth Jacks January Soup by Don Drane Home Town ~~ Deep South, USA by James Jacks Czech Boy Supper by Floyd Shaman Poems by David Ritchie

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