Reflections of a *Mississippi Magnolia*

Today in 1965 LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act into  law enforcing the 15th Amendment, prohibiting the  use of tactics denying acces...

Congratulations to our new  Miss Mississippi, Jasmine Murray !!!  She was crowned Saturday night in Vicksburg! I called Miss ...

With summer comes some of the best things to eat!  Fresh vegetables and fruit from gardens or the market, watermelons, strawbe...

Recently, Mississippi was the point of interest for a CNN documentary in Anthony' Bourdain's Parts Unknown series.  I was thrilled !...

People are always talking about how 'ignorant', 'uneducated', 'depressed' and 'deprived' people (especially...

There is a story in the Clarion Ledger about how our weatherman Matt Lauhban helped to save so many lives in the Tupelo tornado !  Let ...

Poet Patricia Neely-Dorsey Honors Mississippi during National Poetry Month : National Poetry Month has been an exciting time of celebratio...

APRIL is National Poetry Month !  I hope that you have been reading, writing, buying and sharing some wonderful poetry !  I love intr...

I recently RECEIVED THE MOST DELIGHTFUL, HEARTWARMING E-MAIL from two Mississippi 4th graders. I always say that my poems are great reading ...