by Do South | Sep 30, 2017 | Southern Verse
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell”][/title] Landry Hale came from Lubbock, from High Plains country, where the sunsets looked so perfect they could be mirages. “The dust in the air does it,” he said, on that first night I met him at the county fair....
by Do South | Sep 1, 2017 | Southern Lit, Southern Verse
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell”][/title] Glen Campbell showed up at the foot of my bed three nights after he died. He said, real gentle like, “Mary Alice, you’re from Phoenix, aren’t you?” I sat up, a shockwave running through me. I blinked twice,...
by Do South | Sep 1, 2017 | Books
[title subtitle=”review: Marla Cantrell”][/title] By Nina Riggs | Simon & Schuster | 310 pages | $25 As the daughter of a woman who died of breast cancer when she was fifty-two years old, just looking at the cover of The Bright Hour set my heart...
by Do South | Sep 1, 2017 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell images:courtesy Ashley McFaul via AFSP”][/title] The decision to have a second child came after many heartfelt talks, a lot of pondering, and much introspection. Nichol and Matt Goines understood there would be risks....
by Do South | Sep 1, 2017 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell images:courtesy the Beasleys”][/title] 4-H began more than 100 years ago, and is the nation’s largest youth development organization, which is overseen by the Cooperative Extension System. Their goal is to help young...
