My Yazoo City grandfather was democratic in the way he provided educational activities for his grandchildren. Field trips to museums in the vicinity were mandatory. On separate occasions while under …
God Save the Pawpaw Tree | Appalachian Pawpaw Muffins
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fly Me Home – written for The 2018 Local Table Annual Resource Guide
Here’s hoping that you have an inkling of the glorious, year round variety of local food that is available for the picking in Middle Tennessee. But dig deeper and consider …
Can I Get A Witness | Nannie’s Poblano Corn Chowder
My father regularly set up camp with a rope swing. He could craft a newsprint kite, build a tunneled city with blankets inside (or sand outside) and bless us with …
C.M. Breaks It Down | Springtime Artichokes
The aftermath of grown children and their offsprings’ departure is one of deep melancholy and resurrection. To get over it, I review our past days together while doing something …
Night Saunter | Sheree’s Cornbread
Certainly there was a nap in my immediate future; not a surprise since I had been awake from sunset to sunrise. I don’t remember entertaining those hours since I birthed …
Margaret Edith Quinn Griffith | Custard
Porch sitting we were. Hot summer delta day. Grandmother said, “Did you know that you must never marry a Catholic person or a Jewish person? “Hmmm??” I said. Intellect …