Jun 15, 2015 | General, Non-Fiction, Opinion |
Quit distracting me. I am trying to write. Una no try at all. I dey try concentrate but na love inTokyo una dey do. Abi dem send you? Tell dem say I no dey house o. You no find me for house. Na write I come write. Abeg carry your romance go Wal-Mart....
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Apr 24, 2014 | Non-Fiction, Photography |
This is a common sight in Mississippi, especially as you drive into the Delta. Lots of open fields, and lying on those open fields are (pick one): A. People on tanning beds, who mistook a field in Mississippi for a vacation spot B. Tractors C. Cows and other random...
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Apr 23, 2014 | Non-Fiction, Photography |
I saw these massive pieces of cutlery (or as they say here, “silverware”) at the Blue and White Restaurant in Tunica. Of course they’re too big to actually eat with, unless you’re Goliath … or just very greedy. *belches* But,...
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Jan 28, 2014 | Non-Fiction, Photography |
I would never describe myself as a sports fan, but I know a school’s mascot when I see it. Well, I saw these two side by side at a farmer’s market: University of Memphis Tigers and Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Whose side are you on? As for me,...
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Jan 22, 2014 | Non-Fiction, Photography |
This family of Canadian geese often have one odd-looking member in their midst: a duck. Wherever they go, he goes too. I wonder if he knows he’s not like them or if maybe he just doesn’t care. From the look of things, he’s a member of their...
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Jan 17, 2014 | Non-Fiction, Photography |
I know this is coming rather late, but I guess it’s better late than never. My entry for the Window Photo Challenge was taken looking through a window to the front entrance of the Ford Center at Ole Miss. I did a little editing using the Afterlight app on my...
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Nov 18, 2013 | General, Non-Fiction |
I heard this at a seminar I attended recently, and thought to share. William Faulkner, the American writer from Mississippi, who was also a Nobel laureate, struggled with writer’s block. But that’s not the cool part. He had two methods for overcoming the...
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