Small Town Guy
“I cannot forget from where it is that I come from Cannot forget the people who love me Well, I can be myself here in […]
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TO THE MISSISSIPPI GRADUATES OF 2023
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” —Mary Oliver It’s graduation season in Mississippi. I didn’t […]
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Local Hopes
NEW ORLEANS— The practice of making New Year’s resolutions is something that has never interested me. I guess I have just always assumed that I […]
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Sometimes I Feel Like a Magpie
PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— A few months after my wife and I started dating, she wanted me to meet her grandmother. We set out on the road […]
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Support Your Local Catfish House
We are a nation of regional dining concepts and local dishes. Chicago has deep-dish pizza parlors. New Orleans has po-boy shops. Ohio has chili parlors. […]
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