It was my first month in Alabama. Time for exploring, seeing new places, and trying new things! A lifetime in the Northeast made everything here seem new, exciting, different. And it was! But after making the long journey South, my old Honda was tired and unreliable. Gas was expensive, my map skills [...]
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Don’t Worry, I Won’t Shake Your Hand
Editor’s note: Drawl will present a regular column from Melissa Crowder Rhoden, who writes about being a peculiar kind of mother in the South. Hi, how are you? I’m Melissa. It’s nice to meet you. I know it’s odd to read a column that begins with a formal introduction. Allow [...]
From the Editor: May 2012
Dear Readers,Happy almost-summer! May kicks off with so much excitement — Mother’s Day, graduations, the annual rolling in of shower and wedding invitations, the increasing abundance in the farmers markets — that it’s hard not to feel like a kid about to get out of school. Of course, down South we’re soaking up all the [...]
From the Editor: April 2012
Dear Readers,Thanks for joining us for the April reboot of Drawl. We are so excited for spring we can hardly stand it.I always thought that I looked forward to spring after a really rough winter, but after the completely mild winter we had, it seems like a lot of us are itching for spring worse [...]
Being Southern: Manners First
My mother and her five sisters were The Gasaway Girls. I always shook my head a little as I described to my more cosmopolitan friends the deeply Southern behaviors that were as natural to me as sweet tea or corn bread and buttermilk. I learned this from all the Gasaway Girls: Manners first. [...]
Southern in: the U.S.A.
About two and a half years ago, I decided that it’d be a good enough idea to sell everything and pack the rest, and embark upon a cross-country tour. I’d live in a different city every three months. I’d work in coffeeshops (and sometimes bars and restaurants) to pay my way. With this kind of [...]
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