tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37020996735563552852024-03-12T23:35:54.406-04:00Reflections of a *Mississippi Magnolia*"Always, Always Celebrating the South and Promoting a Positive Mississippi "Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-65132604422691739642015-04-20T21:26:00.001-04:002015-04-20T21:26:35.083-04:00A Cup Of Tea and A Cozy Mystery: Reflections of A Mississippi Magnolia by Patricia ...<a href="http://acupofteaandacozymystery.blogspot.com/2015/04/reflections-of-mississippi-magnolia-by.html?spref=bl">A Cup Of Tea and A Cozy Mystery: Reflections of A Mississippi Magnolia by Patricia ...</a>: In November Author and Author-Poet-Speaker Mississippi Goodwill Ambassador Patricia Neely-Dorsey contacted me and asked me if I would like...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-13385305981218295512015-02-23T18:19:00.000-05:002015-02-23T18:19:12.946-05:00MEET MY MISSISSIPPI " As Mississippi's State Poem<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am so passionate
about Promoting a Positive Mississippi ... especially to the youth of our
state</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I want to use my poem "Meet My Mississippi " to help to teach the
children of our state ( and people of all ages ) some important things about
Mississippi in a way that can be easily remembered/recalled.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The state song, the state motto, the state tree the state bird and the state
capitol are all included in the poem..along with other famous landmarks and
people of Mississippi
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Faulkner's Sanctuary<br />
Eudora's home state<br />
Elvis' birthplace<br />
The bulk of the Trace;<br />
Sprawling beaches<br />
Along the Gulf Coast shore<br />
One blues man's crossroads<br />
And inspiration for more;<br />
An abundance of history<br />
Tradition and folklore<br />
Warm front porch welcomes<br />
With a wide open door;<br />
A ride down the mighty river<br />
On the American Queen<br />
And some of the most<br />
Beautiful countryside<br />
That you've ever seen<br />
She's music and melodies<br />
And the mockingbird's songs,<br />
By valor and arms<br />
And faith ever strong;<br />
She's magnolias blooming<br />
Around Jackson's capitol dome<br />
And the sweet scent of honeysuckle<br />
That forever says "home"<br />
She's My Mississippi<br />
She's "The Hospitality State"<br />
"Go Mississippi"<br />
You're a true State of Grace<br /></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Patricia Neely-Dorsey <complete id="goog_1200674594">@</complete></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2013</span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></b></div>
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MY MISSISSIPPI "<br />
CAN BE USED AS A TEACHING TOOL FOR ALL AGES<br />
An easy way to introduce...and prompt discussion on<br />
elements included in the poem:</span></span></div>
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BIRD...mockingbird<br />
STATE TREE :magnolia<br />
STATE FLOWER...magnolia<br />
STATE CAPITOL: Jackson, MS<br />
STATE MOTTO: "By valor and arms"<br />
STATE SONG: "Go Mississippi " (keep rolling along)<br />
STATE NICKNAME: Hospitality State<br />
FAMOUS MISSISSIPPIANS: William Faulkner,<br />
Eudora Welty, Elvis Presley</span></span></div>
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MY MISSISSIPPI " </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">THE STATE POEM!</span><br />
HELP MAKE HISTORY....AND BE A PART OF MISSISSIPPI HISTORY!!!<br />
I need LOTS and LOTS of signatures to help this pass when </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">it comes up for a
vote in the legislature !<br />
PLEASE SIGN PETITION ! PLEASE SHARE !<br />
If you know someone in the House or Senate please encourage </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">them to VOTE FOR
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states have an official poet laureate or state writer, only five states have
an official state poem.<br />
Indiana-Adopted 1963<br />
Massachusetts, Adopted 1981<br />
New Mexico- Adopted 1921<br />
Oklahoma Adopted 1941<br />
Tennessee-Adopted 1973</span></span></div>
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poems on my page ! (Only 5 states have state poems)</span></span></div>
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the BEST, Most Representative,Descriptive (of the state) poem BY FAR !<br />
But..Then Again...,I might be just a little biased !!! LOL</span></span></div>
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think !</span></span></div>
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"Indiana"<br />
Author:Arthur Franklin Mapes</span></span></div>
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Recognizing Official Status:<br />
Adopted in 1963 by the General Assembly; codified in IC 1-2-5.</span></span></div>
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Indiana</span></span></div>
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hills with beauty,<br />
Gave her lakes and winding streams,<br />
Then He edged them all with woodlands<br />
As the settings for our dreams.<br />
Lovely are her moonlit rivers,<br />
Shadowed by the sycamores,<br />
Where the fragrant winds of Summer<br />
Play along the willowed shores.<br />
I must roam those wooded hillsides,<br />
I must heed the native call,<br />
For a Pagan voice within me<br />
Seems to answer to it all.<br />
I must walk where squirrels scamper<br />
Down a rustic old rail fence,<br />
Where a choir of birds is singing<br />
In the woodland...green and dense.<br />
I must learn more of my homeland<br />
For it's paradise to me,<br />
There's no haven quite as peaceful,<br />
There's no place I'd rather be.<br />
Indiana...is a garden<br />
Where the seeds of peace have grown,<br />
Where each tree, and vine, and flower<br />
Has a beauty...all its own.<br />
Lovely are the fields and meadows,<br />
That reach out to hills that rise<br />
Where the dreamy Wabash River<br />
Wanders on...through paradise.</span></span></div>
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POEM.<br />
Title:"Blue Hills of Massachusetts"<br />
Author:Katherine E. Mullen<br />
Legislation Recognizing Official Status:<br />
Adopted in 1981 by the General Court; codified in General Laws, Chapter 2,
Section 21.</span></span></div>
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"Blue Hills of Massachusetts"<br />
by Katherine E. Mullen</span></span></div>
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Massachusetts!<br />
Lovely Bay State by the sea,<br />
Chosen by the Pilgrim Fathers<br />
In their search for liberty.<br />
Massachusetts! Massachusetts!<br />
How we love your Indian name!<br />
Meaning "Great Blue Hill" in Boston,<br />
Named before the white men came.</span></span></div>
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the distance,<br />
Are serene, majestic blue,<br />
Like Mount Greylock or Wachusett,<br />
They are fascinating, too.</span></span></div>
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the Berkshires,<br />
Lesser heights are bathed in blue,<br />
In early dawn or distance,<br />
Like the "Great Hill" Indians knew.</span></span></div>
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lived the Red Man,<br />
Keen to every form and hue,<br />
Knew the paths, and streams, and wildlife,<br />
And the hills around him, too.</span></span></div>
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"Great Blue Hill,"<br />
Lived the Massachuset tribe,<br />
Kept their Great Chief's Pilgrim Treaty<br />
While the good man was alive.</span></span></div>
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Governor Carter,<br />
Sixteen hundred twenty-one,<br />
Kept for forty years, sincerely,<br />
Till his death in sixty-one!</span></span></div>
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and State Flag<br />
Show the Chief in deerskin brown,<br />
Proudly holding firm his strong-bow,<br />
And one arrow, pointing down.</span></span></div>
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Arms" of Massachusetts,<br />
With our State Star just above,<br />
Tribute to a noble Indian,<br />
Loyal history that we love!</span></span></div>
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green valleys,<br />
Make our lives so pleasant here,<br />
While the ever-changing seasons<br />
Bring glad contrasts through the year.</span></span></div>
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brilliant<br />
It is known throughout the world!<br />
Crimson, gold, and blazing orange<br />
In exultant praise unfurled.</span></span></div>
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time in winter,<br />
There's a wonderland of snow!<br />
Everywhere, a lovely picture<br />
Anywhere that we might go.</span></span></div>
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climate<br />
With the challenges we meet,<br />
Make our lives in Massachusetts,<br />
A delightful bitter-sweet!</span></span></div>
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Massachusetts!<br />
What a splendid history!<br />
Like our great and glorious Nation,<br />
In its strength for Liberty!</span></span></div>
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Massachusetts!<br />
Keep the faith true pride instills!<br />
May our trust in you be steadfast,<br />
As the everlasting hills!</span></span></div>
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POEM ..</span></span></div>
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Mexico"<br />
Author:Luis Tafoya</span></span></div>
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Recognizing Official Status:<br />
Adopted 1921; codified in New Mexico Statutes, 12-3-11.</span></span></div>
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From Statutes, 12-3-11; includes original Spanish text and English
translation.</span></span></div>
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Mexico, esa abatida frente<br />
que anubla los encantos de tu serena faz,<br />
y alborozado acoje corona refulgente,<br />
simbolo de gloria y de ventura y paz.<br />
Despues de tantos anos de lucha y de porfia,<br />
tu suerte se ha cambiado y ganas la victoria,<br />
llegando a ver por fin el venturoso dia<br />
que es colmo de tu dicha y fuente de tu gloria.<br />
Has sido un gran imperio, colmado de riqueza,<br />
y grandes contratiempos tuviste que sufrir,<br />
mas ahora triunfo pleno alcanza tu entereza,<br />
y el premio a tu constancia pudiste conseguir.<br />
Tu pueblo por tres siglos aislado y solitario,<br />
de nadie tuvo ayuda, de nadie proteccion,<br />
lucho por su existencia osado y temerario,<br />
sellando con su sangre dominio y posesion.<br />
Tras tan heroico esfuerzo por fin has merecido<br />
el bien que procurabas con insistencia tanta<br />
de que en la Union de Estados fueses admitido<br />
con la soberania que al hombre libre encanta.<br />
Obstaculos y estorbos del todo desaparecen,<br />
y entrada libre tienes a la gloriosa Union,<br />
en donde los ciudadanos prosperan y florecen,<br />
con tantas garantias y tanta proteccion.<br />
Por tan pasmosa dicha el parabien te damos,<br />
a ti como a tus hijos, de honor tan senalado,<br />
y que en tu nueva esfera de veras esperamos<br />
que a fuer de gran imperio seras un gran estado.</span></span></div>
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your tired forehead<br />
That clouds the enchantment of your peaceful face,<br />
And joyfully receive the bright crown,<br />
Symbol of glory, venture, and peace.<br />
After so many years of fight and persistence<br />
Your luck has changed and you gain victory,<br />
Reaching up to see your fortunate day at last<br />
That is an overflow of happiness and the fountain of your glory.<br />
You have been a great empire filled with riches,<br />
And many mishaps you had to suffer,<br />
But now complete triumph reach up to your integrity,<br />
And reward for your constancy, you were able to achieve.<br />
Your people for three centuries, isolated and lonely,<br />
With help or protection from nobody,<br />
They fought for their existence, reckless and daring<br />
Sealing with their blood their dominion and possession.<br />
After such heroic effort finally you deserve<br />
The goodness with such an insistence you procure,<br />
To be admitted in the state of the union<br />
With the sovereignty that is a free man's enchantment.<br />
Obstacles and hindrance for good they disappear,<br />
And free admittance you have to the glorious union,<br />
Where the people prosper and flourish<br />
With so many guarantees and great protection.<br />
For that marvelous satisfaction we welcome you,<br />
You and your children such a deserved honor,<br />
And in your new sphere we truly hope<br />
That by dint of imperiousness a great state you will become.</span></span></div>
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POEM...<br />
Dedication, Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, June 28, 1941 </span></span></div>
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Folks"<br />
Author:David Randolph Milsten<br />
Legislation Recognizing Official Status:<br />
Recognized as state poem in 1941 by House Concurrent Resolution No. 7 (18th
Legislature).</span></span></div>
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Folks"<br />
Well, here goes some scribblin' that's a little past due,<br />
But I reckon I'm always a-thinkin' 'bout you.<br />
I've been readin' the papers in my own little way,<br />
And I see where you messed up my last birthday.<br />
Through divine television I caught the dedication<br />
And heard some tributes by a mighty swell nation.<br />
Now that's a powerful nice shack you built on the hill;<br />
But that's just like the Sooners, it gives them a thrill.<br />
I never did nuthin' to cause all that fuss;<br />
And sometimes, folks, I could almost cuss.<br />
But, dern you, I love you, I guess it's my pride<br />
That chokes me all up and hurts me inside.<br />
I heard Jesse, Irvin, Cohan and Fred<br />
And Amon and Eddie, what nice things they said.<br />
I always called Claremore a big little town,<br />
With guys like Mort Harrison and others around.<br />
I see where Joe Crosson winged there for a day;<br />
Remember him, Wiley? We slept all the way.<br />
But I'll tell you the part which touched me the most,<br />
And it ain't like me to speak up and boast.<br />
It was when dear Mary pulled the curtain string<br />
For my act in bronze -- what a homely thing!<br />
But I guess it was sentiment that filled the place,<br />
'Cause my kids kind of cried and I saw Betty's face.<br />
God bless my old partner, she held up her head;<br />
and though none of you heard me, she knew what I said.<br />
And I spied Sister Sally with a shy little glance;<br />
She's all the West means, charm and romance.<br />
Old Jo had a job a-chisslin' my mug;<br />
Why, I got more wrinkles than a Navajo rug.<br />
So you're honorin' Oklahoma with a replica of me --<br />
Move over Sequoyah, for another Cherokee.<br />
Well, much obliged friends, for the money you spent,<br />
And the words that were spoken by our President.<br />
I wish you had erected a memorial to peace;<br />
We'd be happy up here if war talk would cease.<br />
But I ain't ungrateful, I just can't see<br />
Such a hullabaloo 'bout a cowboy like me.<br />
Well, so long folks, it's time to retire;<br />
I got to keep a date with Odd McIntyre.</span></span></div>
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..Read it here...<br />
Title: "Oh Tennessee, My Tennessee”<br />
Author:<br />
Naval Adm. William Porter Lawrence</span></span></div>
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Recognizing Official Status:<br />
Adopted as state poem in 1973 by the 88th General Assembly (Acts 1973, ch.
111, § 1; 1977, ch. 329, § 1; Tennesse Code, § 4-1-303).</span></span></div>
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From the Tennessee Code Annotated.</span></span></div>
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Tennessee</span></span></div>
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Tennessee<br />
What Love and Pride I Feel for Thee.<br />
You Proud Ole State, the Volunteer,<br />
Your Proud Traditions I Hold Dear.</span></span></div>
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Who Bravely Fought our Country's Foes.<br />
Renowned Statesmen, so Wise and Strong,<br />
Who Served our Country Well and Long.</span></span></div>
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of Mountains Grand;<br />
Rolling Green Hills and Fertile Farm Land;<br />
Earth Rich with Stone, Mineral and Ore;<br />
Forests Dense and Wild Flowers Galore;</span></span></div>
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Bring us Light;<br />
Deep Lakes with Fish and Fowl in Flight;<br />
Thriving Cities and Industries;<br />
Fine Schools and Universities;<br />
Strong Folks of Pioneer Descent,<br />
Simple, Honest, and Reverent.</span></span></div>
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Hospitality<br />
Are the Hallmarks of Tennessee.</span></span></div>
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as I May Roam,<br />
No Place Exceeds my Boyhood Home.<br />
And Oh How Much I Long to See<br />
My Native Land, My Tennessee.</span></span></div>
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hometown???!!! <br />Elvis Aaron Presly was born in Tupelo, Mississippi
on January 8, 1935, to 18-year-old Vernon Elvis and 22-year-old Gladys
Love Presley in the East Tupelo two-room "shotgun" house
built by his father , uncle and grandfather. Jesse Garon Presley, his
identical twin brother, was delivered 35 minutes before him,
stillborn. As an only child, Elvis was very close to both parents and
formed an unusually tight bond with his mother. In November 1948, the
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High School there in 1953. <br />In 1954, Elvis began his singing
career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. By 1956, he
was an international sensation<br />Known all over the world by his
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7803244" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.jografford.com/#!candlelight-reads-book-giveaway-hops/c56g">Jo Grafford, Author</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7850486" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.taylormichaels.com/">Taylor Michaels - Romantic Suspense Author</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7862712" target="_blank" title="Linked to: heathergraywriting.com/entries/miscellaneous/fall-into-books-hop">Heather Gray, Writer of Inspirational Romance</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7982809" target="_blank" title="Linked to: wayout2014.wordpress.com/">Albert & Uttley</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=8147877" target="_blank" title="Linked to: ssteinwriting.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/closure-description/">ssteinwriting. wordpress. com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=8147959" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.patricianeelydorsey.blogspot.com">Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=8150809" target="_blank" title="Linked to: morganlbusse.com/">Author Morgan L. Busse</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=8161912" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.jografford.com/#!candle-light-reads-hop/ce0b">Jo Grafford, Romance Author</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=8197532" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.traceycramerkelly.com/take-two-hollywood-romance-novel/">Take Two: a Hollywood Romance (Lady Biker Series)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=8200522" target="_blank" title="Linked to: lindacovella.com/my-blog/">Linda Covella Author</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=8201140" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.awritersdevotion.blogspot.com">A Writer's Devotion</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Today is my REAL Wedding Anniversary.<br />
My husband, James, and I were married on September 11, 1993 at the church of
Christ on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis , Tennessee.</span></b></div>
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I have told you in a previous post how James has all of these OTHER
"anniversary" dates for us (anniversary of our first phone call,
anniversary of our first date, anniversary of the date we got our marriage
license, ect.) These are dates that he quizzes me on every year...and dates
that I NEVER remember !!!<br />
Unfortunately ...and sadly, terrorists made my wedding anniversary day one that
I </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">(and practically all Americans) will never forget ...9-11<br />
On September 11, 2001 thousands of Americans lost their lives in a terrifying</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Although, I celebrate a joyous occasion on
9-11, it is always bittersweet.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I am always telling everyone about how my husband and
I met on a blind date. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">We actually did!! <br />
One of my dear friends, who I had not seen or talked to in several years,
called me up out of the blue one day. She
said that she had found the perfect man for me.<br />
He attended the church in Martin, Tennessee, where her husband was the
minister. <br />
She told me that she had been watching him and he was THE ONE !</span></span></b><br />
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My thoughts/reply……….<br />
"What's wrong with him?" ..."Why does he need to be fixed up on
a blind date?" </span></span></b><br />
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Knowing the ratio of eligible black men to women...especially in the church, <br />
I thought it very odd that he might need a "hook-up".<br />
Anyway, to make a long story short, she talked me into agreeing to a blind
date. <br />
On the day of the date, I made her stay on the phone with me until he arrived/
until I saw him, so that I could tell her what I thought of him. I wanted to
let her know if I was going to have to KILL her or not ! <br />
I was looking out of the window, with phone in hand, when he drove up. When he got of the car, I told her that she
was safe and that I would not have to kill her. I told her that he was handsome
and "FINE"....but rather short , it seemed, for my taste, Anyway, he
was passable, we got off of the phone .<br />
I thought that it was a terrible date. It was! I think we argued the whole time!
I KNOW that we argued all through our lunch at Ryans Steakhouse. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Evidently he saw things differently. <br />
He asked me for a second date...and the rest, as they say, is history.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>(In the poem I say we have been married 14 years. </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Q: What makes a marriage last? A: REAL Love !</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">KIND SWEET WORDS from a dear, (male) Facebook friend on Anniversary post :</span></b></div>
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'Your love for each other shines through so bright in your poetry. But I
can tell it shines every day, which only makes today that much more
special. You are an example.'</span></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-78852646219894111412014-08-09T17:34:00.000-04:002014-08-09T17:34:25.254-04:00Today is National Book Lovers Day !<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">National Book Lovers Day is celebrated each year on
August 9 (and sometimes on the first Saturday in November) .
It is a day for all those who love to read .
National Book Lovers Day encourages you to find your favorite reading
place, a good book, rather it be fiction or non-fiction, and read the
day away. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">1) Visiting your local library </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">2) Rereading an old favorite </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">3) Hosting a Book Lovers' party </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">4) Contacting your favorite living author </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">5) Giving the gift of books </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Miss Mississippi, Jasmine Murray !!! </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">She was crowned Saturday night in Vicksburg!</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I called Miss Riverland (Jasmine) and Miss
Mississippi State, Laura Lee Lewis as the top two finalists before the
pageant started on Saturday night. I had pretty much concluded that by
Saturday morning after seeing all of the preliminary updates. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>The pageant started at 8pm Saturday. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Just after the program began, I posted my prediction on my Facebook
page.
Then, a little while later I typed my same prediction in a private
message to my friend :
8:15pm I wrote: " I'm thinking it's going to be between Miss Riverland -
Jasmine Murray and Miss Mississippi State Laura Lee Lewis"
I was having an ongoing pageant commentary throughout the pageant in
private messages with this friend, who was not able to see the pageant
from the beginning but was only able to see the last parts of it on the
computer live feed. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I was giving her frequent updates and my thoughts, as the pageant was
going on ...and rehashing each segment with my mother during the
commercials.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>When I saw my top two selections in their evening
wear that even made me MORE certain of my decision about what the
outcome of the pageant would be. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Jasmine's dress was banging !!! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>It was perfect for her...elegant and
regal.
Miss Mississippi States's dress was absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!
I posted on my Facebook page..."That dress is THE BOMB!!!!!! " I wonder
how much THAT dress cost"!!!! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>8:34pm I messaged my friend :
Miss Mississippi State had on a dress was every bit of $10,000...Had to
be !!!!
Of course, I had no idea how much the dress actually cost or what she
might have paid for it .. But, if it didn't cost $10,000, it should have
!!!! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>It looked like a million bucks and she looked like a million bucks in it
!!!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Both girls, my Top 2 Picks, are very talented and have lovely singing voices.
Jasmine tied for first place with Laura Lee in talent in the preliminaries on Wednesday. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Ultimately, though, it was the swimsuit competition that TOTALLY sealed it for me !!!!!
There were some other girls that had some great bodies and looked amazing </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>in those suits ...with FLAWLESS tans. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> I commented on several of them on my Facebook page ... </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>But ...when Miss Jasmine stepped on that stage ...in THAT yellow bathing suit ..</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>It was ALL OVER!!! Check mate !!!! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>I think I actually said out loud "What the What??!!!!" </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>She was stunning !!!! I mean S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G!!!!
She had been the Swimwear Preliminary Winner on Friday night.
I sent a message to my friend about Jasmine :
9:17pm She just killed in a yellow bathing suit!!!</b></span><br />
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5 for 2014 Miss Mississippi Pageant. <br /> l to r: Caroline Conerly- Miss Deep South; Laura Lee
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house (in the 60's and 70's )...You can read about those parties in my
poem "Alpha Parties" in my book Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia-A
Life In Poems (page 38)
I had not even known that little tidbit of info until Friday morning
when I was taking my mother to her regular beauty shop appointment
(same beautician for over 40 years)
Whatever the cause may be, family friend or not, I am super proud to have
Miss Jasmine Murray from Columbus, MS, as our Miss Mississippi !
Go Miss Mississippi ....Keep Rolling Along...all the way to that Miss
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With summer comes some of the best things to eat! Fresh vegetables and fruit from gardens or the market, watermelons,
strawberries. Of course, there are the sweet treats that are so yummy in
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hop is all about! And don't forget to stop by each blog below and see
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"> I love everything about it...including the heat ! </span></span></b></span><br />
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And, for me, as for most southerners, those memories usually involve food. </span></span></b></span><br />
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June is National Iced Tea Month !
June 10th is designated as National Iced Tea Day!
Legend has it that a tea vendor at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis
popularized the drink. When visitors to the sweltering event turned down
free hot tea, he ran it through iced pipes to chill the beverage.
Southerners know a lot about iced tea ...and drink a whole lot of it,
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It is truly a southern staple !</span> </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null"> </span> </span></span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-31139050161993138992014-05-24T16:11:00.000-04:002014-05-24T16:11:54.617-04:00Anthony Bourdain Discovers The "MUCH MORE TO MISSISSIPPI" In Parts Unknown Documentary<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Recently, Mississippi was the point of interest for a CNN documentary in Anthony' Bourdain's Parts Unknown series. I was thrilled !. I was thinking, "Good!!! Maybe someone ELSE will shed some positive light into the darkness in the minds of most people, regarding my beloved Mississippi...and MAYBE they will listen ! <br />"Of course, I had no idea if it would turn out to be more positive than negative...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, I was hopeful."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Anthony Bourdain is an American chef, author, and
television personality. He is known for his 2000 book Kitchen
Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and in 2005 he
began hosting the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure
programs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and The Layover. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">In 2013, he
joined CNN to host Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">One of the preview ads reads: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">What does a world traveler like Anthony Bourdain think of Mississippi?
Besides the fact he never did consider stepping foot in the state, but
then discovered some of the last truly great American institutions.
WATCH Bourdain's show "Parts Unknown" TONIGHT on CNN at 8pm (CST)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null">Anthony is from New York City and in a blog post he
acknowledged the fact that most of what he thought, had heard or knew
about Mississippi was negative. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null">He wrote:
"Let me be honest about this right up front: before I started traveling
the world extensively, seeing many foreign countries and cultures very
different than my own, I would never even have considered visiting
Mississippi.
As a New Yorker, with the drearily predictable worldview of my tribe, I
took a dim view of Mississippi. Mississippi was the deep South. It was
where they shot Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in “Easy Rider”, wasn' t
it? The history was not pretty—a fact reinforced by just about every
film ever set in the state. It’s near the poorest performer on every
metric of a state’s health: income, education, healthcare. " </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null">Mr. Bourdain was SO correct in stating that the negative, ugly images
are the ones that are reinforced by just about every film ever set in
the state.
Actually, almost everything that anyone hears in the media is
overwhelmingly negative, negative and more negative.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null">At the beginning of the documentary, many disturbing
images of Mississippi's past were flashed on the screen.
Sadly, these images are burned into the collective psyche of the world
and are all that most Americans and outsiders hold on to about
Mississippi. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null">It almost seems that there is a belief that there is no room left for
discussion or consideration of anything else on the subject.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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About the negatives, he states: "That's all I knew
about Mississippi...and it never occurred to me to look further"
Anthony wrote in a promotional entry:
I have long since learned to find myself comfortable in as “foreign” an
environment as Saudi Arabia, Liberia, or Cambodia. Why can’t I get to
know and love this part of my own country? Particularly when what we
love about our country—what is undeniably great about America, its most
powerful and persuasive export and gift to the world—comes from the
state of Mississippi. It changed the world like nothing else American.
( the music: blues and rock and roll )
As the journey begins, he asks, "Why can't I love this place" ?<br />
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I understand the question. It is generally, SUCH an unpopular stance to show love for Mississippi.<br />
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<span class="null">He begins in Jackson, the capitol of Mississippi, with a walk down Farish Street. </span><br />
<span class="null">He spent much of the time in various parts of the Delta and in Oxford.
Some of the topics that he explores throughout the documentary were:
Soul Food ...Southern Food....Country Cooking,
Juke Joints, Blues, The Delta
Sense of Community
The strong literary legacy
Oxford..Faulkner..Writers..The Square</span> .<br />
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<span class="null">All throughout , there was a strong emphasis on our
music and our food.
Being a chef and a food, connoisseur he was definitely in the right
place.
Traveling in Mississippi, you KNOW he did a lot of eating !
He loved the hot tamales and even ventures to eat a pig ear sandwich !
and said: It’s everything...we love about bacon, the texture...mix of
fatty, lean...Oh that’s good!"- </span><br />
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<span class="null">Of course, he only scratched the surface of all that Mississippi has to
offer
Overall, I enjoyed the show and said so. I definitely thought that it
was more positive than negative.
One of my Facebook friends commented on one of my posts:
I personally was a little offended by the "negativism". He could have
done a better show being more positive about MISSISSIPPI! It's no wonder
we can't get out of the past, no one lets us! </span><br />
<span class="null">My reply:|
I know what you mean .
Overall, I was pretty pleased. It could have been MUCH MUCH worse ..as
it usually is!!! I guess we can be thankful for small favors because he
did highlight some good things! Few do !
So you see EXACTLY why I do what I do ..and am SO passionate about it.</span><br />
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<span class="null"><span class="null">As soon as it ended my husband said,
"How can you cover Mississippi without covering Tupelo...Elvis" ?
(Proud wife moment )
I smiled and thought to myself: "He has been taught so well..and knows just what to say !" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PND: You know the story of how we had a heart to
heart talk a few weeks into our marriage where I told him ..if our
relationship was going to stay on track
there were two things he had to KNOW/REMEMBER... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">#1 I'm a STAR (Yes, Me...PND) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">#2 Elvis is still the King
Of course, Elvis was not left out when they were discussing the music.
And, near the end of the documentary when he was in Oxford talking to a
group of writers, he asked..If there were a statue or monument erected
to represent and symbolize Mississippi...who or what would it be .
They all said in unison:
Elvis ! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Following the show, in a post on his blog Anthony wrote:
We sure as Hell didn’t “explain” Mississippi in this episode. I doubt I
left the state much smarter than I entered it. It’s not a representative
overview of “what you should know or see while in Mississippi”. But I
hope that viewers will get a taste of a uniquely beautiful place –where
some of the last of some truly great American institutions are still
alive. Where you can hear the blues performed where it was born—in
exactly the same surroundings, the same kind of bar, as when it all
began. Where you can have an irony free pigs ear sandwich that will make
you weep for joy.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-63860526152852621202014-05-12T09:43:00.000-04:002014-05-12T12:00:35.050-04:00There's MORE to the the "Mississippi Story"<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People are always talking about how 'ignorant', 'uneducated', 'depressed' and 'deprived'<br />people (especially black people) in Mississippi are/were. <br /><br />But there is MORE to the "Mississippi Story" than people know or want to hear. <br /><br />My grandfather (my mother's father ) from little Mantee , Mississippi attended and graduated from a private high school in Arkansas . He went on to attend and graduate from prestigious Tuskegee Institute (May 1930). He came back to Mississippi where he taught and was the principal of a school. His mother, my great grandmother, was a teacher. She and her husband owned 100 acres of land ( which is still in the family -heir property of my Mom and her siblings) His aunt owned a store in Mantee. My father (from West Point,MS ) graduated from Kentucky State with a dual major of Chemistry and French then graduated from Meharry Medical School in Nashville , TN . He was a captain in the Air Force and Air Force surgeon. He returned to Mississippi and practiced medicine for 35 years in Tupelo.<br /><br />My aunt (my father's sister) says that at one time there were 4 (black) doctors who lived on their street when they were growing up. My mother graduated from Tennessee State University and was a teacher ...her mother was a teacher ...and her mother's mother was a teacher.<br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">I repeat</span>: 'There is MUCH MORE to the </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>know or want to hear.'</b></span><br /><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Guess what???!! I tell those stories...</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">through my poems ! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />NOTE: I was recently thrilled to find my grandfather's college diploma. May 29, 1930 Tuskegee Institute. It is VERY tattered and torn...but still a GEM</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-61973416761113160222014-05-05T14:53:00.001-04:002014-05-05T14:58:31.794-04:00THANKS, MATT LAUHBAN!!!! Tupelo, Mississippi Appreciates You ! <br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">There is a story in the Clarion Ledger about how our
weatherman Matt Lauhban helped to save so many lives in the Tupelo
tornado ! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Let me tell you, this is absolutely true.
It is coming from one..namely me...who ignores the HECK out of storm
warnings ! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Schools let out early, I am sure mainly due to his warnings.
Even then, as the time got closer to when he said the storm would
strike, I was still on the computer (as usual)..</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Very casually listening
to warnings (as usual)..passing them on to my Facebook friends </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">(as usual
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I turned away from the station looking at some stupid reality show. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">My son Henry was playing games on the computer ( as usual) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Then...I saw a Facebook post about a how a tornado had been spotted
about 8 miles from the Barnes Crossing Mall (which is a couple of miles
from me)
So, I switched back to watching Matt.
OMG! He was talking fast..giving updates at a feverish pace..</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">He was
spouting out directions for us..and the staff at WTVA. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Then, he started telling them that he was going to be telling them very
soon to go to the basement.
Then he told all of the non-essential staff to go to the basement. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">He has gotten my attention...I was up telling my son we might need to go
to the basement ..so be ready.
I was getting the candles and flashlight all rounded up that I had
readily available ..because of Matt. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Our power went out..so I didn't get to see Matt tell them on the air to
hit the basement...or didn't see when he ran off himself...but he had
done his job.
Later, after the storm was over and our internet finally came back up,
I overheard my son telling one of his friends on Skype about the
storm...about how his Mom was going crazy!
He called me just telling him several times that this might get bad..I
didn't raise my voice..or yell ...or anything like that ...but he is SOO
....unused to me saying ANYTHING AT ALL during a storm.. I barely raise
an eyebrow...even during the two bad windstorms that we had several
months before which damaged the roof, uprooted huge pine trees in our
yard and knocked over a neighbors wood fence!!!
One very good friend told me that he is definitely alive because of Matt's
warnings. He said that he was out in the streets on Gloster when he was
receiving warnings.
He sped up to get to his father's house right off of Gloster. He said
that he grabbed his father (who is bed- ridden) dragged him in the hall
and the storm hit all around them in less than a minute.
We know that God is ultimately in control, but our weatherman went above
and beyond the call of duty.
He says that he was only doing his job, but he started Thursday really
giving urgent warning about this storm. He was telling us how to prepare
and kept saying not to ignore these warnings! My Facebook feed was
filled with his updates!
So many people did not hear any type of warning sirens ....and out of
all of the destruction (THERE WAS A LOT) there was only one death! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">This man was on it...and he wouldn't let us ignore it !!!!!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-28608487439594513922014-04-30T19:34:00.001-04:002014-05-05T14:29:16.786-04:00Tea & Poetry Book Club: Poet Patricia Neely-Dorsey Honors Mississippi duri...<a href="http://teaandpoetrybookclub.blogspot.com/2014/04/poet-patricia-neely-dorsey-honors.html?spref=bl" target="_blank">Poet Patricia Neely-Dorsey Honors Mississippi during National Poetry Month </a>:<br />
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National Poetry Month has been an exciting time of celebration for Mississippi Poet Patricia Neely-Dorsey.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-16716699528858406942014-04-28T08:38:00.000-04:002014-04-28T09:02:27.146-04:00APRIL is National Poetry Month ! <b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span style="color: #274e13;">APRIL is National Poetry Month ! </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span>I hope that you have been reading, writing, buying and sharing some wonderful poetry ! </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">I love introducing others to poets and poetry that they might not have known/heard about !</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Today it is my honor and pleasure to introduce a dear friend, </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">poet Kym Gordon Moore </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">Fish, Shrimp and Grits </span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">Not your typical breakfast entrée </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">of scrambled eggs, sausage and toast </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">my Lowcountry fare of fried fish or shrimp with creamy hominy grits </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">is my energy food I love to start the day off with the most. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">Now mom would still cook the traditional </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">you know, the kind you find in Shoney’s or IHOP </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">but to savor the true flavors of this Charleston morning cuisine </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">a local unobtrusive kitchen is where you must stop. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">Now many call me Geechee </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">and believe me I really don’t mind </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">there’s a fascinating history behind this great heritage </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">about some of the most down to earth people you will ever find. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">For some fried fish or shrimp bouillabaisse served with grits </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">may simply be a breakfast oddity </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">but if you’re not a native, just try it and see </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span class="null">you just might fall in love with our Lowcountry delicacy.</span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span class="null"><span class="null">Balloons, Rainbows and Butterflies</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span class="null"><span class="null">Through the innocence and wonderment of a child’s eyes <br />we observe simple things that bring joy to our hearts <br />happiness to our spirit <br />a smile that spans from ear to ear <br />from a bouquet of multicolored balloons <br />to the graceful flutter of a butterfly’s wings <br /><br />and the brilliant hues in a rainbow’s mist <br />where sunrays and raindrops waltz <br />uncomplicated pleasures that makes a lasting imprint <br />in our moments of excitement and memories <br />joy in balloons, rainbows and butterflies <br />from a time that will forever make us smile! </span> </span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">Why do I Dance?</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">I dance because I’m happy <br />I dance because I’m free <br />I dance because I am loved <br />I dance because I am me.<br /><br />I dance every morning I wake <br />I dance when I learn something new <br />I dance when I am blessed to work <br />I dance when there’s something productive to do.<br /><br />I dance at the singing of the birds <br />I dance as I listen to the falling rain <br />I dance for the sake of giving <br />I dance because I know my living isn’t in vain.<br /><br />I really don’t need a reason <br />To dance the way I do <br />I dance because I am me <br />You dance because you are you.</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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Kym Gordon Moore, author of Wings of the Wind: A Cornucopia of Poetry
and Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit is an award-winning recipient in
poetry contests such as the Edward Davin Vickers Memorial Award and
Oneswan Productions Writing Competition. Her poems appeared in Writer’s
Digest Magazine, Poets for Peace: A Collection, Reach of Song, Home for
the Holidays and The Blind Man’s Rainbow anthologies. She was selected
as one of the contributing authors for the series, Chicken Soup for the
Soul: Thanks Mom. Visit Kym’s website <a class="_553k" href="http://www.kymgmoore.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kymgmoore.com</a> and connect with the author through her blogs, articles and social media channels.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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Wings of the Wind: A Cornucopia of Poetry contains 81 carefully chosen
poems that are significant to the foundation of this collection and easy
for readers to identify with. Besieged by segmented poetic elements of
flight, your journey through the pages of this book will be
entertaining, educational, emotional, nostalgic, stimulating and
edifying. Kym Gordon Moore portrays versatility in rhymed and free verse
poems that convey stories about people, places, nature, animals,
inspiration, cuisine, music, celebrations, epiphanies and inanimate
objects. Included in her compilation is a metrical sample of a Pantoum,
Limerick, Elegy and Haiku. This eclectic full-length collection of
poetry depicts experiences illustrated through diverse forms of
self-expression. Poetry spans across diverse cultures, genders and
dialects. Poetic thoughts via metaphors, imagination and creativity
allow an individual to weave a storyline of lyrical attributes through
personal interpretations. Many poems may not affect every poet or
book lover in the same manner, but that is the beauty of it. We can
connect to similar emotions, but interpret them uniquely.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kym Gordon Moore
Author of "Wings of the Wind: A Cornucopia of Poetry" and "Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit" </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Email: kymwrites@kymgmoore.com </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-71037575889463587952014-04-17T07:44:00.001-04:002014-04-17T07:44:01.085-04:00MY LITTLE BOOKS OF SOUTHERN POEMS ARE GREAT READING FOR ALL AGES !<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><br />I recently RECEIVED THE MOST DELIGHTFUL, HEARTWARMING E-MAIL from two Mississippi 4th graders.
I always say that my poems are great reading for all ages...from 8-80 and beyond !
It's so true !
Their English teacher showed the class some of my poems on the computer and she let these two students send an e-mail. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Dear Mrs. Dorsey,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Our names
are............and .................
We are reading your lovely poems. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">The ones we read are "Mississippi" and
"Meet My Mississippi." You put so much personification that we can
imagine what you are saying. We loved how you explained things in "Meet
My Mississippi." You have given us so much inspiration that we would
like to continue reading all of your poems. You do a magnificent job on
hooking us to read the poems. You might think it is weird that children
are writing to you off our teachers page but we would be honored if you
would write to us. How did you get the inspiration to write all of these
poems? Why did you become an author instead of something else? Why did
you write about Mississippi and not other things? Have you ever wondered
who reads your poems? </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Thank you for reading this email.
WE LOVE YOUR POEMS!!!! </span></b><br />
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<b><span class="null">MY REPLY:
I am so thrilled that you are reading and enjoying my poems!
The poems are definitely made for all ages... ages 8-80 and beyond !
My father introduced me to poetry when I was very young .
He recited poetry to me often and I fell in love with it !
I have loved reading and hearing poetry since I was probably five years
old .
I didn't start writing poetry until I was much , much older.
I wrote my very first poem after I was 40 years old on February 14,
2007.
Most people who write poetry usually start when they are much younger.
I was a very late bloomer.
I worked in the mental health field for almost 20 years before I began
to write poetry.
I really didn't decide to write poetry..It kind of decided on me.
I wrote my first poem on that February morning ( Valentine's Day) when I
woke up out of my sleep with a poem swirling around in my head.
I got up and quickly scribbled it down . After that the poems just
started to flow and flow.
In a few months I had written over 200 poems!
I write about Mississippi because I love it/her so much !
I love living in Mississippi and I loved growing up in Mississippi.
That is what most of my poems are about !
I want to help people to KNOW more about Mississippi, LEARN more about
Mississippi and LOVE more about Mississippi.
I hope that your class will read more poems from my books Reflections of
a Mississippi Magnolia and My Magnolia Memories and Musings -In Poems !
Thanks you SO much for contacting me !
We will definitely keep in touch !
Ask me any questions that you would like.
I would love to speak to you and your class one day !
Have a great day ! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="null">Did You Know ..APRIL is National Poetry Month ! </span></b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="null">Read , Write , Share and Celebrate Poetry !</span></b></span></b><br />
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<span class="null">"Patricia has a great eye and an ear for the south and the images that make it unique.
I plan to use some of her quick rhymes when working with children in Mississippi schools." </span><br />
<span class="null"> Heather Truett - Tupelo,MS</span><br />
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<span class="null">Southern Poetry that is really poetry!
Your books would go well (in schools) with English, nature studies, history, art,etc."
Margaret Ann Tull - Tupelo, MS</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7459714" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.morganlbusse.com">In Darkness there is Light</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7459902" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.patricianeelydorsey.blogspot.com">Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7483370" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.prismbookgroup.com">Prism Book Group</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7484001" target="_blank" title="Linked to: paulinecreeden.com">Pauline Creeden, Author (INT)</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7484839" target="_blank" title="Linked to: heathergraywriting.com/entries/miscellaneous/a-spring-in-your-step-blog-hop">Heather Gray, Author</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7500727" target="_blank" title="Linked to: aileenfish.com/blog">Aileen Fish, Love as Old as Time</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7535886" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.angelbreathbooks.com/">Angel Breath Books</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=7551999" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.elainepcantrell.blogspot.com">Elaine Cantrell: Hope. Dreams. Life. . . Love</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"I think of my Mississippi upbringing on a daily basis. My favorite part
about growing up was summertime! There was absolutely nothing like
running into the sprinklers on a hot summer's day, riding down the road
in Grandma's wagon, and having pine cone wars on the hill. My
grandparents were the best babysitters ever! My cousins and I made mud
pies and chased butterflies during the day and we would catch fireflies
at night. We called them lightning bugs. We would catch them in a mason
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-71922463954905983042014-03-04T08:51:00.000-05:002014-03-05T05:37:36.019-05:00LUPITA'S OSCAR WIN BRINGS REFLECTIONS (Of A Mississippi Magnolia) <b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of my Facebook friends wrote a comment on her page: </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"I am soooo happy for Lupita Nyong'o for achieving the highest honor in her craft, but unfortunately I have not been able to watch the movie for which she is honored,"12 years a Slave". I grew up in MS where racism and discrimination were/are still left over from the oppression of slavery. I am sorry to say the bitter taste and the smell of hatred still lingers in my throat. So although I am happy for Lupita as a actress, I cannot, will not celebrate a legacy of slavery." </span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Wow! I always see just the opposite ..the UNBELIEVABLE courage, strength and endurance of a people. I always take those people with me and feel them with me wherever I go. I want them to know how much I appreciate the sacrifices and the suffering. I am not proud of slavery, or the horrific conditions that continued to follow it..but VERY proud of the legacy of those people...my people...that great cloud of witnesses. For some reason I felt compelled to say more. Although, I very rarely chime in on conversations, on other people's pages, on Facebook, embracing my history and heritage is something that I am VERY passionate about." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"I still live in Mississippi and write poetry about things that I love about Mississippi. There are so many negative connotations associated with Mississippi, and the south in general. There are very few instances when the news media or anyone at all, says ANYTHING positive about Mississippi. I try to show a flip side to all of the negatives portrayed. It's not that I negate, ignore or disregard the negatives, it's just that there is SO MUCH more to the story. I am a 50 year old black woman and have seen and /or heard it all when it comes to racism. My parents and grandparents, of course, saw, heard and experienced so much more. When I wrote the comment about the great cloud of witnesses, it is because it is something that I talk to people about all of the time when it comes to my speaking engagements. My audiences, followers and purchasers of my books over the years, I would estimate to be 90% Caucasian. I am not sure how that dynamic came about, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but it is what it is."</span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />I was telling my mother (and several other people) that whenever I go to speak, usually to all white audiences, I feel my grandmother and great grandmother (on my mother's side) with me all of the time. It is like they are standing there right beside me and behind me. I think of others ..but I FEEL them. I don't exactly know why that is, but I feel that I am doing something they could not do in their life times. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I feel that is something that they would have liked to do ...and probably would have been 100 times better at it than me. My grandmother and my great grandmother were teachers, both were very articulate and well read. I am sure their poetry and their messages would have been so much more superior to mine. Yes, I think that they probably wrote poems too. They probably wrote poems about life in Mississippi, but I am the one who gets to read and express those poems before large captive audiences. I read them to people who, during their times, would not have allowed them in the front door. I read them to people that would have treated them much differently than I am treated now. I am the one who gets to do it ...to do this for my grannies ...,and I don't take it lightly.<br /><br />Along with all of my messages about Mississippi I am "teaching" "educating" SO MANY people along the way ..about my people...the stuff I'm made of, where I come from, the kind of people that I come from..articulate, bright, determined, hard-working people ..with values, dreams, desires and goals, humor, hearts and minds just like anyone and everyone else. With a subject along those lines, I wrote a poem called,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" We Like To Read Too". I have two poems that I started over five years ago but have not found the right words to compete them like I feel they need to be completed. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I haven't found the exact words to say all I want to say. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today I feel closer to finding those words. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The titles are "Duty Bound ..and "In My Veins"<br /><br />I want that "cloud of witnesses" to know that I am not at all discouraged by, deterred by, or ashamed of ..in any way, shape or form a legacy of slavery (my great-great grandmother was given as a wedding gift by an Alabama slave owner to his daughter) , hurt, struggle, hardship and pain. After all of that...as Maya says..."Still I Rise".</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> More than anything I want them to know that that legacy is cherished, appreciated and SO dear to me. That legacy will always be cherished and uplifted in my life. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lupita said in her Oscar acceptance speech : "When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child that no matter where you’re from your dreams are valid." </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I, Patricia Neely-Dorsey, stand on the backs of the dreams of so many little girls (and grown women) over the generations. Long ago, these ones, probably toiling in the blazing Mississippi sun, whose blood runs in my veins had dreams.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I stand now, as TOTAL ASSURANCE and PROOF that dreams do come true...and all dreams are valid. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many schools kick off the celebration of National reading Month with a
birthday party honoring the beloved children’s author, Dr. Seuss, who
was born March 2nd. <br />Green eggs and ham, along with a birthday cake, are
often featured fixtures at those parties!</span></b><br />
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Reading Month is to get children excited about reading, as well as
improving their reading skills. It is the perfect time to emphasize the
importance and value of reading and to help them understand how
important reading is in daily life and how it will help them achieve
goals and become successful in life. </span></b><br />
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books, Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia and My Magnolia
Memories and Musings are perfect books to READ, BUY and GIVE during
National Reading Month. With very simple language and relatable themes,
they can be read, enjoyed and understood by readers of all ages 8
to 80 (and beyond). </span></b><br />
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of southern poems" for EVERYONE.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"> Dr. Seuss was born Theodor </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="st">Seuss</span> Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March
2, 1904. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he
began a career in advertising. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And To
Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937.
In 1957, Seuss's The Cat in the Hat became the prototype for one of
Random House's best- selling series, Beginner Books. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="null">This popular series
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#MississippiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-64331084015380349152014-02-08T06:33:00.001-05:002014-02-08T06:33:58.907-05:00Deep South Dish: GIVEAWAY! Books of Southern Poetry by Patricia Neely-Dorsey<a href="http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2014/02/books-of-southern-poetry-by-patricia.html#.UvYWDvkgkRk.blogger">Deep South Dish: GIVEAWAY! Books of Southern Poetry by Patricia Neely-Dorsey</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095033716134400535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702099673556355285.post-52042422012110612002014-01-20T04:30:00.000-05:002014-01-20T11:31:43.861-05:00Happy Martin Luther King Day from Mississippi<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TODAY is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day
<br />Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday
marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King . Jr . It is observed
on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of
King's birthday, January 15. King was the chief spokesman for
nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully
protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The
campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his
assassination in 1968. Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in
1983, and it was first observed on January 20, 1986. At first, some
states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative
names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed
in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.</span></span></b></div>
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campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. become a
national holiday, and created this single to make the cause known.
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celebrated throughout the world" and singing to King in the
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all over the world will be having /hosting events celebrating Elvis
Presley's Birthday . I am one of those who will be celebrating ! </b><br />
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Birthplace in Tupelo held one event this past Saturday January 4th and
will have another event on the actual birthday,on Wednesday, featuring
various Elvis tribute artists. Festivities will start at 1pm with cake
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<b>Everyone who knows me, knows what a huge Elvis fan I am.<br /><br />They are always amused, when I frequently repeat the story of how I told my dear Hubby a few weeks after we were married that if he wanted to keep our relationship on track, there were two things that he needed to know : </b><br />
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<b>#1 I'm a star (Hey, if I don't think it, who else will??!!!) (LOL)<br /><br />#2 Elvis is still the King ! (Everyone knows that ! )<br /><br />We have been married over 20 years and he faithfully remembers and repeats these facts. Sometimes, out of the blue, I will start a sentence for him to complete. While we are watching television together, I will say:<br /><br />"Elvis is"... and he will dutifully chime in with "Elvis is still the King..and you are a star". It is true that I don't particularly appreciate that monotone voice that he uses at times or that half eye roll that I seem to detect , every now and then, but that's all well and good ...as long as he KNOWS!!! LOL!!!<br /><br />Elvis Aaron Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child. He and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, and Elvis graduated from Humes High School there in 1953. In 1954, Elvis began his singing career with the Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture. </b><br />
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billion record units worldwide, more than anyone in record industry
history. In America alone, Elvis has had over 150 different albums and
singles that have been certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum by the
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Thousands of tourists and fans from all over the
world come to Tupelo, MS every year to visit this two room "shotgun"
house built by Elvis' father, uncle and grandfather.<br />
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Art Print available .... <br /><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/elvis--the-birth-place-patricia-neely-dorsey.html">http://fineartamerica.com/featured/elvis--the-birth-place-patricia-neely-dorsey.html</a><br />
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* Beautiful watercolor by friend Debra Estep, Ohio. <br />
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