Mama Takes Care of Her Man
My parents love story is into its fifth decade. Their relationship is strong and enduring and pricelessly idiosyncratic. I’ve told so many stories about those two here at All Things Southern that my readers and listeners have fallen for their love story, too! Occasionally I try to rest them from the spotlight but it never lasts. If I go too long without a Charlotte and
Shellie’s Improved Meat Loaf
Welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen! I plum showed out in the kitchen the other evening and y’all are about to benefit from it. I’ve taken boring meatloaf over the top! I’m talking new and improved. Let me walk you through it and see if your gang doesn't agree. “Shellie’s New and Improved Meat Loaf” 1.5 pounds ground hamburger meat 2 cups crushed saltine crackers 1 white onion, diced 2 tablespoons
Terminal Trouble
It’s been years since I first rode one of those super fast terminals in the Atlanta airport but I still remember the instant education I got on translating the disembodied voice blaring from the speaker. When the nice lady suggests that you hold on because the train is leaving the station and it will reach a high rate of speed, she is actually saying, “You
Thomas A. Dorsey in the Southern Quote
He was born in Georgia on July 1st, 1899. His father was a preacher and his mother taught piano so it was perhaps no surprise when young Thomas, or Tommy as he was known, learned to play the piano in his childhood. It wasn’t long, however, before he was displaying a preference for jazz and blues over the gospel songs his family loved. When Tommy’s
Give Me Your Money and Mine, Too!
John Price started The Good Clean Funnies List in December of 1996. He sends out good clean jokes and stories once a day. Granted, the word clean can mean different things to different people. John defines “clean” as something appropriate for both sexes, and something family members and friends of all ages can enjoy together with zero foul language or subject matter. John’s byline is
Bobby Jones in the Southern Quote
This famous southerner was born in 1902 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a sickly child. It was five anxious years before he could eat solid food. His parents must have been surprised to see their slow-starter develop quickly into a sports prodigy! By the age of six, he was holding a sawed off one iron, mimicking the pro at the local country club, and showing
A Colonel by Any Other Name
Colonel Davis looks like he stepped right out of the Old South; picture him as a cross between Mark Twain and Colonel Sanders. He has retired from the oil business after a long and successful career. Now he divides his time between the golf course and the coffee shop, where you can generally find him charming all the widow women. I found him there yesterday
Glen Pitre in the Southern Quote
Glen Pitre was born at Cut Off, Louisiana on the 10th of November, 1955. He worked his way through Harvard by fishing shrimp during the summer and saving for the next year’s education. His goal, to make films that told the story of his people, the Louisiana Cajun. By the age of twenty-five, Glen had been named “Father of the Cajun Film” for his low
Darrell Waltrip in the Southern Quote
He was born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro, Ky. By the age of twelve he was an avid go-kart racer, at sixteen he entered his first stock car race, and by his early twenties he'd become a regular at the fairgrounds track in Nashville, Tenn. Darrell Waltrip quickly became one of the nation's top short-track drivers. He spent a decade earning a living on the short
Duke Ellington in the Southern Quote
Edward Kennedy Ellington was born April 29th, 1899 into a solid middle class family in Washington D.C. His father was a White House butler who later became a blue-print maker for the US Navy. By the age of six, Edward was studying piano and art and showing great promise in each. He wrote his first song at fourteen and by seventeen he'd taught himself how