Southern Family

Mama’s Southern Guest Post

March 13, 2009

A couple of days ago I posted a recipe that my mother gave me for poppy seed rolls. Mama called and was telling me about how she got the recipe and that she should leave that as a comment. I thought a better idea was for her to write a guest post. So . . [...]

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Southern Planting and Old Wives’ Lore

March 2, 2009

March 2nd – only 18 more days until Spring! I was going to start planting seeds inside last week and got really sidetracked. I’m going to give it another try today. Buying plants and setting them out and watching them grow is certainly gratifying but nothing compares to watching something beautiful grow from planting a [...]

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Southern Chain Saw Massacre

February 17, 2009

My husband is getting in touch with his inner-macho man. He rented a chain saw yesterday to clean up the mess the ice storm made in our yard. I’ve never seen anyone have so much fun with a chain saw! Next thing you know he will be wanting to burn all of this stuff like [...]

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Southern Brother

February 11, 2009

Today, I want to tell you about a special person. My brother, Jay. After a somewhat troubled youth, Jay grew into an incredible man. Jay was 4 years older than I, the oldest of 4 with 3 younger sisters. Jay loved the outdoors. He loved hunting, fishing, gardening and grilling. It was always a great [...]

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Southern Daddy-isms

January 26, 2009

Since I posted Mama-isms, one of my two beautiful sisters requested that I give equal time to Daddy-isms. My Daddy died in 1992 at the age of 54 of cancer. Daddy was a big, lovable man, full of integrity and loved by all who knew him. He laughed a lot and smiled a lot and [...]

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