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My wife loves the videos on YouTube by [Emmymade](). They are a bit hard to describe, but a recurring routine is that Emmy will do taste-reacts, where she eats a food – usually something out of the ordinary, like [Hard…

In a first meeting with someone yesterday, I mentioned that I was a sixth-generation Mississippian. That lead to questions. I briefly told how Jonathan Hollowell and his family had moved from Wayne County, NC to Marshall County, MS in the…

My dad died when I was 48. For my entire adult life, every time I would call his phone, it would go the same way: Him: Hello? Me: Hey Daddy. Him: Hello, son. Every. Single. Time. It’s the little things…

“At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned.” ― Cormac McCarthy

Got all the crown molding up and caulked today (so much caulk!) in the kitchen. I’m like 95% done with this never-ending kitchen renovation.

Turns out I told my patrons I would resume the weekly essays on the 4th of January. Whoever let me do that should be sacked. (It was me. I’m whoever.)

It’s wintertime. Granted, it’s wintertime in Mississippi, which means it might be 75 degrees and 90% humidity, or it might be 17 degrees. Every day is an adventure! But it’s winter, and the days are short, and the nights are…

I found the first blog post I ever wrote, back in December of 2003. Bless my heart.

Last night, our neighborhood did one of its annual traditions – the burning of Christmas trees on New Year’s day. It was a magnificent affair, as it always is. Flames that leapt 20 feet in the air. The passing of…

I knew a guy once who seldom drank, but when he did, it was single malt scotch. His motto was, “Drink less, drink better.” Going into the new year, that is my guiding phrase: Less, but better. Fewer, better projects.…