Chubbyalaskagriz.......I have that book on order....can't wait to read it. Several friends have recommended it. And Tchula is about 20 miles from where I live.
Wow, mrsjimmyp... small world, huh? I expect you'll really enjoy the book- I know I did! And be'ins you and she are from the very same neck o' the woods- it'll mean even more to you, I'm sure. She writes on almost every page about people, locales, music, food, events, etc. that take place there very locally. I'm sure a lot, if not ALL of what she writes will really feel like home to you!
My Mom is a southerner- raised in Pine Bluff and Stuttgart, Arkansas... My gramma Doris was raised in Hickory Flat, MS. When Mom was 10 or so, her family moved up here to central Illinois due to economics...
So I was born and raised here in Illinois farm-country... I traveled around to Chicago, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Seattle, and lived in Alaska for 13 years. Now I'm back here near family again in IL. Lovin' bein' home again!
My Mom is a southerner- raised in Pine Bluff and Stuttgart, Arkansas... My gramma Doris was raised in Hickory Flat, MS. When Mom was 10 or so, her family moved up here to central Illinois due to economics...
So I was born and raised here in Illinois farm-country... I traveled around to Chicago, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Seattle, and lived in Alaska for 13 years. Now I'm back here near family again in IL. Lovin' bein' home again!
MJP,
I love Missippi, it was my neighboring state! Been there many times, and I am considering moving back toward that area in the near future, but not as far south as before, I am not too fond of the heat and humidity as you get closer to the Gulf.
I am glad you're feeling better and back. Looking forward to many great SpicePlace visits with you!
Cathy
I love Missippi, it was my neighboring state! Been there many times, and I am considering moving back toward that area in the near future, but not as far south as before, I am not too fond of the heat and humidity as you get closer to the Gulf.
I am glad you're feeling better and back. Looking forward to many great SpicePlace visits with you!
Cathy
Good-Gawd, Cathy... you don't have heat and humidity in Georgia? Even Illinois is dreadful (though weirdly, this summer is oddly mild)... Sometimes I honestly don't know how/why folks ever settled in these steamy regions! (And that coming from a guy whose seen minus-60-degree winters!)
Where we live in GA is about as perfect weather as a True Deep-South born gal could ever ask for! I am a pure-bred Miami, Florida resident, lived there until age 16 then moved to one Robertsdale, Alabama and resided there for another 17 yrs, we were located about 25 miles from Gulf Shores, Alabama and it was suffocatingly hot & humid there!!! Worse than Miami believe it or not, at least in Miami you had the cross breeze from the ocean and Gulf of Mexico and that was nice. So YES I love North Georgia/North Alabama/South Tennessee area it is BEAUTIFUL and much more tolerable than where I lived in my younger days!
The only places I have lived where it was perfect was Long Beach and Monterey, California 2yrs. at each location. The weather there is so perfect!!! But the smog in Long Beach and the cost of living and over population and gangs and lots of other factors made it not home to me at all. I preferred being back in the South where courtesy and friendliness between neighbors is common and everyday.
The only places I have lived where it was perfect was Long Beach and Monterey, California 2yrs. at each location. The weather there is so perfect!!! But the smog in Long Beach and the cost of living and over population and gangs and lots of other factors made it not home to me at all. I preferred being back in the South where courtesy and friendliness between neighbors is common and everyday.