Dim Sum and Then Some

All photos courtesy of Nathan Schiff unless otherwise noted. Courtesy of Emily Jones Recently I had a very unique and rewarding opportunity courtesy of the Delta State University Archives.  It was called “Dim Sum and Then Some”.  As the name implies, there was food.  More specifically, about 30 of us traveled to the Asian Palace…

The Land That Time Forgot

The Atlantic recently ran an article about the Delta.  Titled “How White Flight Ravaged the Mississippi Delta” it chronicles how the out migration of affluent white residents has hurt the region. The tl;dr version is: a lot.  Driving through the Delta feels like stepping back in time.  This part of the country feels frozen in…