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Actress Dixie Carter Kicked Butts Without Ever Lifting a Foot!
Dixie Virginia Carter: May 25, 1939 – April 10, 2010 As a southern woman striving to succeed in an industry that tends to marginalize my kind, actress Dixie Carter was/is a hero of mine. She was never...
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Aiken Standard: CORNBREAD AND BUTTERMILK – The heavenly sound of Standard...
Here’s a fun piece about Southern accents from The Aiken Standard: by Gene Owens “The cultivated Southern drawl conjures images of moonlight and magnolias among whispering pine trees. If you think...
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2013 CMA Awards and The Southern Shakespeare
Miranda Lambert 2013 CMA Awards Is it just me or has country music become over packaged? Either way, it looks like a good time was had by all. Here’s a recap by USA Today of the 2013 CMA Awards Show...
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Iron Skillet Cornbread Dressing
Iron Skillet Cornbread dressing WARNING: This is real southern comfort cooking. You may gain a pound or two. Most Southerner’s prefer cornbread dressing to stuffing any day of the week. Here is a...
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Jeremiah Weed Kentucky Bourbon Cranberry Sauce
Click to view slideshow. - 4 cups fresh cranberries - 3/4 cup maple syrup - 1/2 cup Jeremiah Weed (or more) - 1/2 cup sugar - finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange - a dash of cinnamon - a dash of...
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From Southern Living: Dramatic Purple Thanksgiving Table
To add a regal touch to your Thanksgiving table don’t be afraid to experiment with color! Click here for video!
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Willie Nelson by Artist Ray Ferrer
Willie Nelson by Ray Ferrer http://urbanwallart.wordpress.com/If I could paint, I’d want to be Ray Ferrer. ~ Cilla McCain I’ve just been introduced to the work of Ray Ferrer, a former Auburn University...
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How To Tolerate Your Relatives During Thanksgiving
Apple Spiced Cocktail Yes, Southerner’s take pride in our family gatherings. In the weeks before any event we are emailing, telephoning and dropping by just to make certain all of the food comes off...
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It’s All About the Bird
How many years did you watch your Mama get up and put the Thanksgiving Turkey on at 4am? By the time it was served, it was so dry the only thing that saved you from choking to death on its dust was the...
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Truman Capote
In Cold Blood (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I aspired to be Truman Capote long before I read any of his works or even knew his name. This is because as far back as I can remember, I wanted to write a true...
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It’s Christmas Time Pretty Baby
A Southern Tradition: Graceland all in lights! In the South, the Christmas Season begins the first night Graceland lights up the night sky! Since Graceland first opened to tourism in the early 1980′s,...
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Christmas at the Biltmore
Click to view slideshow. Christmas at The Biltmore is a magical experience. Every room of the largest home in America is filled with the most luxurious Christmas Decor imaginable. Built by George...
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‘Gone With The Wind’ actress Alicia Rhett dies at 98
(Reuters) – Actress Alicia Rhett, who was the oldest surviving cast member of the classic 1939 film “Gone With The Wind”, died in South Carolina on Friday, officials at her retirement community said....
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Southern Living: 40 Things Every Southerner Ought To Do!
#27 Talk the Talk To live in the South you need to speak the lingo. If your vocabulary is rusty, bless your heart. Here’s a quick lexicon. Y’all: short for “you all” and infinitely more functional...
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truTV.com: Haunted Crime Scenes: Mercer House
Millions of readers and movie fans know Williams as the slightly sinister character at the heart of John Berendt’s “nonfiction novel,” Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which starred Kevin...
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Rediscovering “A Love Song for Bobby Long”
I love the movie “A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004).” Like the book, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, it deals with the invisible people most just pass by or only notice with a curled...
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Sally, Mary Jane, Panama Jack and the Devil
Old Dixie Highway On my way home to Georgia, after Spring break in Florida (I won’t name the exact year thank you very much) my skin was sunburned beyond belief. Why I thought slathering Panama Jack...
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Savannah’s Art Exhibits
“Each year, Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center brings incredible art exhibitions to Savannah, and this year is no exception! When you’re in Savannah, be sure to check out these eye-opening exhibitions. The...
View ArticleLooking for Something to do in Nashville? Check out The Southern Festival of...
Join us for the 30th annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, October 12-14, 2018 at the Main Nashville Public Library and War Memorial Plaza in downtown Nashville. We hope...
View ArticleTop 10 Things To Do In Louisiana!
Looking for something unique to do? Then head to Louisiana! There’s no place like it anywhere! Check it out!
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