What Southern Folks Eat
I almost lost my Christmas spirit on a recent Friday when I ventured into the mall. There was so much noise, so many grumpy shoppers, and so few things that I actually wanted to buy. The only things
A Southern twist of savory soups
“Only the pure in heart can make good soup,” Ludwig Van Beethoven is quoted as having said. I’m not sure whether that’s true or not, but I do believe that good soup is a heartening delight that is
Pumpkin carving and chili nights
Pumpkins, in October, as fat as the full moon, they sit on our doorstep at night and glow. – Richelle E. Goodrich, author
Long ago in Ireland, people carved scary faces in
Savoring blackberries from Panther Swamp
I grew up a few hundred feet from a swamp, specifically, from Panther Swamp. Our home was on St. Joe Beach, just off Georgia Avenue, and when we moved there in 1978, no one lived on the swamp side of
Remembering The Fish House and Mr. Tall WhiteHair
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain
When I was 18 years old, a proud new graduate of Port St. Joe High School, I got a job at the
Remembering the kind community of Gulf Sands
My grandparents moved to St. Joe Beach from St. Petersburg in the early 1970s when granddaddy retired from General Electric. He had bought some land on Ponce de Leon Street, as Ive mentioned
What Southern Folks Eat: The porch, where memory flows
“True luxury is being able to own your time – to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.” – Ashton Kutcher There is something right about a porch on a house. It doesnt even matter what kind of house; whether its a…