Guard Your Petticoat

(another bit of etiquette from a Southern girl’s point of view)In the old days, southern young ladies were always well dressed, even to their “foundational” garments. There were chemises, corsets, bloomers, petticoats and crinolines and all served a purpose. A...

Not Alone

 I love history, and historical drama is even better. The plot of the story Alone, Yet Not Alone has all the good points – faith, sacrifice, action, courage, loyalty, endurance and best of all the message that God is our strong tower in the day of trouble....

Butcher the Mule!

(a southern girl’s perspective)If there’s anything southerners are, it’s tenacious. Some might say stubborn, but we’ll leave that dispute to those who are so inclined.     Give a southerner a cause, and she’ll stick with it to the bitter end. The...

Serve them Sweet Iced Tea

Some things are sacred in the south – sweet iced tea is one of them. You know how valuable something is by what people will sacrifice for it.  I can only imagine how the King’s tea tax smote the heart of our Revolutionary forbears.  Their devotion to...

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