Lightening bugs!
Southern food
'Underneath'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sweet iced tea. Good manners.
Chicken Fried Steak
Fireflies
Hushpuppies
Heat lightning
Blues
Moonpies
Grits. Or Gravy. Or grits AND gravy.
HOOORAY to Allyson! The PW news is incredibly exciting.... K says congratulations.
Speaking of books, I just bought a new-to-me Sherman Alexie. Vroman's tells me he is going to be there next Wednesday. I t heart Sherman Alexie with a deep abiding and undying love.
greens okra
mosquitos
palmetto bugs
Cicadas. Full-on screamin' at twilight, drippin' with funksweat at 11 p.m., drinking cold beer on a still-hot porch, I'm gonna get me a truckful of napalm and nuke 'em so I can finally go to sleep, oh-jesus-it's-the-summer-of-the-every-17-years CICADAS.
Now we're cooking! ...with okra
Good thing Daisy Jane's heading my way. I can pick her spicy brains too.
Vroman's! That's where we had the LitG bookreading.
Kat-how is Grace doing?
southern: faux politeness masking deep seated resentment and anxiety.