by Do South | Oct 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards images: courtesy Katie Opris”][/title] No man is an island. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. For a while, I argued with that stance. John Donne penned his oft-quoted poem and posed a decent stance for man’s need for...
by Do South | Sep 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards images: Jeremiah Sowards and Mikela Sowards”][/title] This morning I woke up to a to-do list that weighs 9,000 pounds. I feel the weight of it resting on my shoulders, and when I think too hard about it, my mind...
by Do South | Jul 31, 2018 | Southern Lit, Southern Verse
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell”][/title] The story goes that when I was born, my daddy didn’t especially cotton to me. I had this head full of black hair, for one thing, in a family so blond we looked like we belonged on a hillside singing...
by Do South | Jul 31, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards images: Jeremiah Sowards”][/title] When I was a little girl, I dreamed of a secret garden. I loved the classic children’s novel by the same name. I remember being altogether wooed by Frances Hodgson Burnett’s tale of...
by Do South | Jul 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell images: Marla Cantrell and courtesy Terri Burton”][/title] Family gatherings have always been an important part of my family’s tradition. I live far enough away that I don’t get to see them often, but close enough to...
