Any bibliophile type who you know keeps an ever-ready heap of books close at hand. Albeit dust laden, they represent our best intentions. Often non-fiction, they await examination and in …
Crechale’s Cafe | Jackson, Mississippi
John Evans, owner of the sublime Lemuria Bookstore http://www.lemuriabooks.com, offered a commentary as we huddled in anticipation. He drawled,“We done gone to heaven, yall.” And indeed, we were ascending. The …
Laundry List | Potatoes with Tomatoes
Last week I got the word about our dryer. He died an untimely death and went before the washer. She was still plugging away. I think you know why this …
The Neshoba County Fair | Ida Mae Lewis’s Fried Chicken
Crazy idealistic is a note that I could ascribe to my younger self. A puzzle piece to that personal trait is a nighttime dream which lingered for years until I …
Gypsy Genes | Coconut Brown Rice and Beans
I knew a man who was struck by lightening in a stadium seat and died. He was enjoying the game and boom; a bolt took him out. He was a …
Miles Kimball Is On The Wing | Pizza Dough
In the super-deluxe world of online ordering, it’s hard for some folk to imagine a time when a paper catalog arrived via snail mail by blue moon to the cries …