Advances in technology are bringing southwest Mississippi closer to the shale boom that scientists and energy producers have anticipated in the area for years. The geologic...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Keep it up and I’ll cancel your birth certificate: Exactly what it implies — a threat to end the...
For Lucius Lamar, inspiration comes from the senses. Not just what he sees, but what he smells and hears. The sights, scents and sounds of Taylor/Plein...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Cut the mustard: First used as an expression in a 1902 story by Greensboro, NC, writer O. Henry (William...
When Tony Deal graduated from Ole Miss in 2000, he took a corporate job with a promise to himself he would not follow in his dad’s...
Eudora Welty, in an autobiographical essay titled “Finding a Voice,” called her hometown of Jackson “a region to itself.” And over the first two days of...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week Here’s the deal: You’d better listen up because what I have to tell you is the way it is...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week Omaha: Need I say anything? Stay Warm and Toasty With South-of-the-Border Super Bowl Food Are we ready for some...
This portrait of William Faulkner is based on a photograph by my grandfather J.R. Cofield. Five oil paintings were done from the photograph. One hangs at...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Bread and butter: A universal American expression having several definitions, according to usage… (1) One’s basic livelihood, presumably the...