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Volunteer Vacation

Jim wrote 6 days ago: By Susan Middaugh Photograph © 2002  Gretchen Sacotnik. At least once a year, go someplace you’ve ne … more →

Tags: @ vacation, Travel, Non-Fiction, essays, Holidays, summer, Play, Work, Essay

Mississippi Economic Development News - July 6, 2009

medccarol wrote 1 week ago: Government and economic development officials in Mississippi will apply for a state grant to help a … more →

Tags: Economic Development News, Bamboo farming, Choctaw County Mississippi, Cleveland Bolivar County Chamber of Comemrce, Delta Economic Development Center, Enerkem Inc., Flowood Mississippi, General Electric Company, Geospatial Technologies

Mississippi Economic Development News - June 29, 2009

medccarol wrote 2 weeks ago: United Solutions, a manufacturer of plastic house wares, announced this week that it is expanding op … more →

Tags: Economic Development News, Alcorn County Mississippi, German filmmakers, Greater Starkville Development Patnership, Greenwood-Leflore County Chamber of Commerce, Jackson County Economic Development Foundation, mississippi development authority, Mississippi Main Street Association, Outdoor Life Magazine

Tall Grass at Rayne Memorial Church

Kate wrote 3 weeks ago: I was out of town for a few days, in the beautiful Mississippi delta, where I didn’t bike. Or … more →

Tags: Weather, New Orleans, Marigny, St. Charles, Heat, Nature, Grass

The Haunting of Skip James

thegirlcanwrite wrote 1 month ago: Everyone knows that the mysterious and fleeting Robert Johnson left an indelible mark of genius on h … more →

Tags: bentonia blues school, Delta Blues, devil got my woman, ghost world, Robert Johnson, Skip James

Che Spotting and the Delta Blues4 comments

evaholland wrote 2 months ago: Greetings from Barbados! I landed on Sunday and will be kicking around the Eastern Caribbean (Barbad … more →

Tags: Stories, Barbados, Blues, Che Spotting, - Matador, World hum

Styles of Blues : Delta Blues2 comments

Pedro Mendes wrote 2 months ago: Ok, so this is the beginning of a small series of posts, on different styles of blues. Delta sh … more →

Tags: blues history, Blues, Blues music, Acoustic Blues, Robert Johnson, Delta Blues, Chicago Blues, blues roots, Music

The History of WDIA : Most Important Blues Radio of All Times

Pedro Mendes wrote 3 months ago: Well everybody, WDIA was a very important part of blues history. It still exists, but is no where ne … more →

Tags: blues history, Blues, Blues music, BB King, The Blues, Beale Street, blues radio, WDIA, memphis blues

Searching for Blues Roots : Prison Songs3 comments

Pedro Mendes wrote 3 months ago: Well, I went online to research more about this subject and found little to no information. So, I d … more →

Tags: blues history, Alan Lomax, Blues, Blues music, blues roots, Early Blues, field hollers, old blues, Prison Blues

Important Places in the History of Blues

Pedro Mendes wrote 3 months ago: The history of the blues  is a pretty interesting subject, and deserves to be mentioned. It all star … more →

Tags: blues history, Blues, Blues music, Acoustic Blues, blues man, Robert Johnson, blues artists, BB King, old blues

Mississippi Economic Development News - March 23, 2009

medccarol wrote 3 months ago: (Letter to Editor by MEDC President David Rumbarger) If eminent domain legislation passed by the Leg … more →

Tags: Economic Development News, DeSoto County, Hinds county, eminent domain, Stone County Mississippi, Enerkem, ethanol, Mississippi Main Street Association, Port Gibson Mississippi

The Funeral of Willie Earl King: Blues Singer

Richard Arnold wrote 4 months ago: In Memory of Willie Earl King: Blues Singer On Sunday, March 8, 2009 the outstanding Alabama blues m … more →

Tags: Alabama, country living, Road Trips, Small town Festivals, southern blues, Alabama Black Belt, Bettie's Place Noxubee County MS, Blues music, Clinton alabama

I heard one hundred drummers who's hands were a-blazin'1 comment

Wes wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been listening to the Staple Singers a lot lately.  I think at this point my favourite th … more →

Tags: MUSIC POST, Gospel, folk

Ballast - The Film That Won't Go Away

colleenfriesen wrote 5 months ago: I keep thinking about Ballast. Went the other night with my girlfriend Vi. Saw it at the Festival Th … more →

Tags: Films/Movies, ballast, Film Review, angst, Poem

The Delta.2 comments

kathyrhodes wrote 6 months ago: “There’s only one … and it’s in Mis’sippi!” Graphic on a T-shirt … more →

Tags: memoir, Daily Journal, Delta Magazine, Christine Schultz, Mississippi River earrings

Two Great New Southern Books

dixiedining wrote 7 months ago: As many of you know, we here at DixieDining.com have a strong fondness for New Orleans and the regi … more →

Tags: New Orleans, University Press of Mississippi

Meaty Internships with Mississippi Teacher Corps

Amy Potthast, Idealist.org wrote 7 months ago: Teacher corps offers interns a chance to serve and learn in substantial ways next summer. Mississipp … more →

Tags: Programs, Service News, grad school, Internships, Lost Boys of Sudan in Mississippi, Mississippi Teacher Corps, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation

Luke Boyd's New Book

kathyrhodes wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday at noon I went to a booksigning at Landmark Booksellers in downtown Franklin. It wasn … more →

Tags: Dog Tales, memoir, Daily Journal, Books, Landmark Booksellers, Hollandale Mississippi, Luke Boyd, Coon Dogs and Outhouses

Julia Reed Serves Up Another Winner

dixiedining wrote 8 months ago: I just finished this fun little book — a very quick and entertaining read. However, I am far … more →

Tags: julia reed, ham biscuits, Hostess Gowns, southern, Party Menues


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