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All Y'all, All the Time

Posted by Chuck Reece on

Why "y'all" is "a magnificently elegant linguistic creation."

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Never Say Thank You for Passalong Plants

Posted by Stacy Reece on

Did your mother ever make you sit in the car while she dug up plants from someone's yard? Did you discover how much fun it was when you grew up?

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Opie and Me

Posted by Chuck Reece on

There is nothing you need to know about living life that you can't learn from watching "The Andy Griffith Show."

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Flannery O'Conner Quotes

Posted by Stacy Reece on

  “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”   “She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”   “Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”   “I write to discover what I know.”   “I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.”   “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about...

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Songs for Mama

Posted by Chuck Reece on

Down South House & Home's 20 favorite songs for Mother's Day.

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