True Tales of the New South

By Valerie MacEwan

Narrative Journeys

[26.Dec.02] :. I see it as the globalization of the Southern experience.
 

Hollering Therapy

[24.Jul.02] :. Confederate soldiers utilized the Rebel Yell to put fear into the hearts and souls of the Union Army. It also made them happy, I suspect, to holler in the woods.
 

The Pantego Mud Run: A Fourth of July Event

[26.Jun.02] :. Many have described the Mud Run as Heaven on Earth for folks who love beer, tattoos, tube tops, and tobacco
 

Touring the South

[29.May.02] :. Agri-tourism. It seems people will pay good money to drive a tractor, weed collards, and pick cotton.
 

Southern Yard Art

[23.Apr.02] :. . . . the inevitable chemical breakdown of the rubber components of tractor tires . . . combined with the unfortunate fading of red plastic in both artificial begonias and roses, brought about a sense of urgency in the group's ultimate mission . . .
 

Am I a Southerner?

[27.Mar.02] :. Today's Southerner plays whatever card is needed to win the hand.
 

The New American Jingoism

[6.Mar.02] :. Then, when the US and other countries amassed enough Jingo Credits, they would be allowed to unfurl their flags.
 

The Deer Camp

[9.Jan.02] :. The Deer Camp is about 20 miles into the next county, five miles down a winding stretch of dirt road, and smack in the middle of 200 acres of forest and swamp.
 

Missing Walter

[19.Dec.01] :. . . . I paid my stay-at-home-PTA-homeroom-chairperson-every-freakin-fieldtrip-chaperone-mother dues . . .