Some ten years ago, I received a rebuke from a gentleman I had gotten to know “electronically.” We had exchanged
Tag: The South
Happy Thanksgiving from a Dixie Kitchen
There is a certain indescribable peace in the kitchen at four o’clock in the morning of Thanksgiving. The smell of
Blasting Southern Rock in the General Lee
I am an avid fan of the 1970s Southern Renaissance, a movement that touched music, film, and television. I grew
Southern Folkish Movement
This isn’t a new idea, but what I am proposing are statewide policies to promote a more Folkish way of
Let’s Celebrate Dixie: Being Southern is a Good Thing
Forty years ago, I put together a book called Why the South Will Survive, with optimistic contributions by fifteen writers
The Identity of the Elites
The histories of both Egypt and Mesopotamia are fascinating, if nothing else because of just how old they are. It
Chop, Chop
I love baseball. Growing up in a multi-generational house, where I spent a great deal of time with my grandfather,
The Noble Carolinians, A Walk to Remember
All of the South is special to me, my restless soul unexplainably and mercifully satisfied in a peacefulness that is
A Walk Among My Fathers
We have been planning this trip for some months, a leisurely time of relaxation for the occasion of our wedding
A Southern Apology
Apology: Reasoned argument or writing through systematic argumentation and discourse in justification of something, typically a theory or religious doctrine.