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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 Feb~2003 featured articles Mar~2003 featured articles Apr~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 “Grits is the first truly American food.” -- Turner Catledge “On May 11, 1894 in Bovina, Mississippi, a gopher turtle measuring six by eight inches, entirely encased in ice, fell out of the sky along with the hail, and even my Mississippi Almanac lists it as the state’s all-time ‘Most unusual weather occurrence.’” -- Julia Reed "Daddy looked at the sun to see what time it was. He could come within five or ten minutes by the position of the sun. Most of the farmers I knew could.” -- Harry Crews "Who but a god could have come up with the divine fact of okra?" -- James Dickey "I’d rather see a world tangled with kudzu than sodded with grass." -- Vic Miller "It is said that the first thing one is asked in Atlanta is ‘What do you do?’; in Charleston, ‘Who were your ancestors?’; and in Savannah, ‘What would you like to drink?’" -- Rosemary Daniell “My past seems a fine gray like good old movie rain.” -- Barry Hannah "Time rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation." -- Tennessee Williams “Even the most romantic and brutal of us are well aware of the blood price that somebody (maybe not us, but somebody) has to pay for the magnolia scented arcadia.” -- Donna Tartt "In the South, [conversation] is moonshine passed slowly to all who care to lift the bottle." -- Roy Reed "I think the Southerner is a talker by nature, but not only a talker--we are used to an audience." -- Eudora Welty "The educated Southerner has no use for an R, except at the beginning of a word." -- Mark Twain “I don’t tell funny stories, I tell stories funny.” -- Jerry Clower Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Click here! ___________________ ~Southern Speak~ “Biggity” ~~vain, haughty~~ “She got all biggity after they went and crowned her May Day queen, doncha know.” For more great Southern expressions, please click here. @2001, 2002, 2003 All Rights Reserved Best viewed on IE Updated May/03

~May '03 Featured Articles~ Texas and the Deep South by Randy Hill Every now and then comments appear on the Message Board that deserve to be featured. Randy’s messages fell into that category. He argues that Texas is indeed a Southern state, and he argues well. Don’t miss this article. President Bush, Sponge Bob, and a Banana by Charles W. Dowdy Say what? Never fear. Dowdy weaves the Prez, ol’ Sponge Bob, and a banananana into one fine tale. Where does this man get his wacky inspiration? Blond, Blond & Blonder by Kristen Twedt Gullible? Naaaa, not Kristen--that is, until the day she dyed her locks, and then . . . you guessed it. Ah love mah frens ‘n bite mah enemies by Gene Goodson Readers may know her as RiverDancer, but Gene Goodson is also called something equally endearing by Tattoo, whom she introduces here in most delightful fashion. Who wouldn’t want a storytelling mama like this? Highway Divas by Beth Boswell Jacks Ain’t nothing more fun than cruisin’ along and singing with the radio. Just such a day reminds Jacks of Ike and Tina Turner. Why? Go see . . . and then click on the link to see Ike’s childhood home in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The Most Marvelous Southern Pageant Ever by Lonnye Sue Sims Pearson Her granny made her dress. She could sing “Beautiful Dreamer” and all of Stephen Foster’s songs with gusto . . . but where were the pantaloons? And the parasol? How could the show go on? USADS Book Notes with Gusty Russel Scattergood USADEEPSOUTH book columnist Gusty Scattergood writes about Carl Hiaasen’s HOOT. As a former librarian, Gusty knows her books, and this is one you may not have run across. Do read Gusty’s review. The Delta Theater by Tom Givens The judge thinks back on the Delta Theater where he spent many happy Saturday afternoons as a child. There’s nothing like spending time with Lash LaRue, right? Ambulance Drivers Are Not Perfect by Kent Fletcher Even an emergency caregiver can be fallible--especially when he’s had a Dr. Pepper day. Ummm, would somebody grab that IV? Eddie Draper’s Oven Fried Chicken by Eddie Draper Faithful USADS reader Eddie Draper shares his favorite chicken recipe. But wait, there’s more. Lots more. Quick and easy chicken recipes fill the page. Copy and keep. Sweet Dirt and Southern Bones by Cindy Brown Cindy Brown’s new book, Sweet Dirt and Southern Bones, is a funny, funny one. You’ll be able to tell by the excerpt she sent us. Read on . . . and enjoy! But You Know What I Mean! by Robert Fulton North Carolina editor/writer Robert Fulton has published an excellent guide for writers. Ye Editor knows it’s excellent; she has a copy on her desk. Read all about it. Bad Times by Thomas Givens Well, look here. Judge Tom is over there on the couch, cozying up to Gusty Scattergood, the USADS reviewer of books. He wants to have his say too, so Ye Editor says, “Be our guest! More is mo’ better. There’s no such thing as having too many articles about Southern books.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And why not enjoy these "oldies but goodies"? Poems by Bonnie B. Horton Hometown--Deep South USA by James Jacks Mississippi Boy Remembers Viet Nam by Clyde Boswell Surviving S. P. Season by Beth Boswell Jacks In Search of Faulkner by Tom Fisher Finer Cosmetics by Betty W. Beamguard Living With Handicaps by Melba Washington A Not So Fond Memory by Don Drane Foreshadowing 9/11 by Anson Gonzalez

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