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Home - I Home - II 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 Nov~2003 Dec~2003 Jan~2004 Feb~2004 Mar~2004 Apr~2004 May~2004 Jun~2004 Jul~2004 Aug~2004 Sept~2004 Oct~2004 "SNIPPETS columns make fun reading because Beth Jacks is always ready to laugh at herself and then move on from there, lifting the ordinary to a new and unique perspective or reducing the pompous with a few strokes of common sense.” – John Howell, publisher, The Batesville Panolian SNIPPETS INFO 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 "I doubt if the texture of Southern life is any more grotesque than that of the rest of the nation, but it does seem evident that the Southern writer is particularly adept at recognizing the grotesue; and to recognize the grotesque, you have to have some notion of what is not grotesque and why." - Flannery O'Connor, writer and Georgian "There's a sense of graciousness and kindness in the South that you don't have anywhere else. Plus, we have a terrible time trying to find good pork barbeque in New York." -- Kenneth Jackson, history professor Tennessee native "All Southerners go home sooner or later, even if in a box." -- Truman Capote, writer and Alabama native "I'm as pure as the driven slush." -- Tallulah Bankhead, actress and Alabama native Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Click here! ________________ ~Southern Speak~ “quietus” ~~STOP~~ “Mama put the quietus on Martha Ann's running around." For more great Southern expressions, please click here. @2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 All Rights Reserved Best viewed on IE Updated Nov/04

~November '04 Featured Articles~ _________________________ Great reading for November! Humor, poetry, history, memoirs . . . and more! Young Dreams and Old Realities by Claude Jones One Family's Story by Bill Givens Wrap-up reading for the holidays by Augusta Russel Scattergood Strength in unity by Marta Martin The Candle and the Flame by David Norris Unexpected Thanksgiving guests by Barbara Robinson Hijacking the family memories by Charles Dowdy Honest journalist says blings are blimps by Beth Boswell Jacks If only our ancestors had used attack ads by Gene Owens The Other Bowl Game by Bill Fullerton Emergency Foodaholic Meeting and Cornbread Dressing by Lonnye Sue Sims Pearson Laz by Jim Goudelock The Halls of Justice by Andy McNeil Football: It isn't all glory by Harvey Gardner Poetry: Southern Souls by Michael Crawford Poetry: Levenwall by Eddie Draper Remember penpals? by Alita DeBerry Secrets: What's behind the green door? by Newt Harlan Tradin' in the little woman by Ed Williams Find your passion! by Jackie Cooper Frightened Eyes by Asa Sparks In search of the great white teeth by Ann Ipock Laurel's Secrets are out! by Walter Redden Sleeping with the sausage by Judy Lee Green ________________________ Don't forget to visit the ARCHIVES! ________________________

Southern stories, humor, travel, news, links, poetry, personal essays, memoirs, and lots more. No bells and whistles, just good reading. Best viewed with IE.