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By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Colder’n a well-digger’s butt: So cold that a person feels cold from the inside out… the way we’ve all...
A lot of things can go wrong when you try to drink a quiet glass of wine after work. The cork can break off while you’re...
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...
For 24 years, Ruby Chinese owned the market on Chinese food in Oxford. I know my family ate there on a regular basis. In fact, Ruby...
Guests floating in by parachute. Galas in cotton gins. They party differently in the Delta There’s a man — a legend, really — named Lewis Watson,...
In the world of sports, intimidation of the opponent is often critical to success. This idea has now moved to the more manicured playing fields of...
It’s so routine that in Cleveland, two such soulful beacons lie less than a mile from each other on Highway 61 – The Senator’s Place and...
It’s really, really, miserably cold in much of the country right now. If you’re savoring the last of the holiday vacation in your slippers and PJs,...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Rode Hard and Put up Wet: A classic term referring to one’s state or condition of being worse for...
When blues tourists hit the Delta, they never go hungry. Across the stained, Sharpie-scribbled tablecloth, bluesman Bill “Howl N’ Madd” Perry pours a steady stream of...
