Spring is here. The trees are budding, the insects are buzzing, and people are starting to come out again. Thus festival season is right around the corner. But it also means that the crawfish boils have started. A crawfish boil is basically what it sounds like. You take a bunch of crawfish (known as…
Lately I’ve been wondering about the names people have. Everyone has a legal first and last name of course. But that isn’t always what we are known by. For example my name is Michael, but people generally call me Mike. There isn’t any particular reason and I don’t have any strong feelings about either…
One of the things people strongly associate with the Deep South is barbecue and with good reason. As you probably noticed from my previous posts it is something they take seriously down here. One can find some of the best pulled pork, ribs, and smoked sausage you’ve ever had. And the best…
There are a lot of hidden gems in the Delta. Cleveland is one of them, but there are others. The trick is finding them. Take the Jim Henson Museum, also known as the Birthplace of Kermit the Frog. A little known fact is that Henson was born in Leland, Mississippi and spent most of his…
For some time, probably about two weeks at least, one of the lights outside my apartment was out. You see my front door leads directly outside into a little alcove. Across from me is my next door neighbor, an older woman, and a set of steps leading upstairs. You can see this more clearly in…