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Biloxi, Mississippi

August 27, 2011

My big sister, Lucy, in 1949 at Biloxi lighthouse The Mississippi Gulf Coast figures prominently in my family’s history since my father’s relatives are in southern Mississippi and Alabama. Also, as a poor Methodist preacher’s family in Illinois, about the only vacation we could afford when I was a kid was to head south in [...]

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Cuzn Don’s Hoe Cakes and Hush Puppies

September 3, 2008

TOTEM BY MISSISSIPPI ARTIST, JOHNNY KNIGHT Roots A while back there was a post about my Mississippi Cuzn Donna and another post about my Mississippi Cuzn Don‘s Mississippi Greens recipe. There’s other Gulf Coast cousins, too, and in due time we’ll hear more about them including their blue grass and photography, but today, we’re going [...]

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The Jackson, Mississippi, Zoo

August 16, 2008

Do you remember Cuzn Don and his Mississippi Greens and Hillbilly Rabbits? Well, there’s a Cuzn Donna, too! It’s true. I’m not making this up. And, I’m real proud of her. She’s the veterinary technician at the Jackson, Mississippi, Zoo. It’s more than just a job for her; these animals are her loved ones. She [...]

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Mississippi Greens

May 7, 2008

the River Strong Background In “Honolulu’s Maunakea Marketplace” we glimpsed a bit of the day-to-day life of real people living in a locale typically only seen superficially by tourists. Closer to home, but no less exotic and wonderful, are places we don’t even see because we’re looking for something “special.” I’m thinking of one such [...]

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