A lot of us don’t like to talk about it. Some of us are obsessed with it, so obsessed that we don period-appropriate garb and re-stage the battles year in and year out. Meanwhile, when told some years ago that my father was going to be serving barbecue at a re-enactment, I responded, “Well, [...]
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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 [...]
There’s Past, Present, & Future in That Name
Your name is your single most common identifier. As a person with a tendency for the rabbit hole of questions about seemingly ordinary things, I can’t help but analyze how my parents chose these three names. I was raised in a southern household with generations of Dixie tradition instilled into me, so my name being [...]
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