Just got back from a trip behind the Magnolia Curtain. Thought you might enjoy some photos while you finish baking that plum pudding. Which I had in Mississippi, and it was delicious. Along with the catfish tacos and the breakfast kibbee and grits.
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Me on the Mighty Mississipp.
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Cotton is King, even off-season.
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Went to research the Delta Chinese community for a new Lydia Chin/Bill Smith book.
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Cotton snowperson in Cleveland, MS.
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Baptism mural in Helena, Arkansas. Lunching in Helena knocked one more off the list of states I’ve never been in. Down to 4!
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The Archangel Michael, though his sword looks like a tie, from a Charles Eames church in Helena.
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All is not sweetness and light in Helena, however.
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My little cabin away from home, in Clarksdale, MS.
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My cabin on left, with the back porch of the Big House on right and the plantation owner, Eric Stone.
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Rufous-sided towhee in Eric’s shrubs.
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Terra cotta in Helena. The spirit of Prosperity. A touch ironic.