Category: Southernness

That’s The Scary Thing About Older Women

I Had No Idea, and Wish I Still Didn’t Know

Ewwww.  Jewelry made of your loved one’s teeth?  What if your ring bit you, or something?  BTW, these look like adult teeth, not baby teeth, so no hate mail from people who preserved their kid’s baby teeth!

Home Decor That Just Screams “Granny Chic”

Here’s this cute little article about ridding your home of items that will ‘date it’.  I don’t like it. For starters, several items listed as ‘granny-ish’ are in the Belle’s home, and so what?  I mean, doilies are bad?  How can you have a proper home without doilies??  I like doilies, and I like antiques.  […]

23 Controversial Southern Food Opinions

If you really want to start an argument, go to south Louisiana and ask if tomatoes should go in gumbo.  Have to tell you, people will fight about that! Not sure if some of these folks are really Southerners, or not.  Southerners who don’t like:  tomatoes, grits, gravy, etc?  Oh, well, more for me!  (But […]

Have to Admit, It’s True

Time seems to be a very fluid concept for Southerners, especially women.  “The other day” means NOT THIS day, there’s no restriction on it.

Happy Mardi Gras

I hope you all have a nice one, whatever you’re doing.  Don’t try to get in touch with a business, agency, or most of your friends today in south Louisiana – and maybe north Louisiana, too.  They’re celebrating Mardi Gras, thank you. I’ve been, but never going again.  Why not?  Well, Nowadays, I go to […]

Things Only Southerners Say When It Snows

If you’ve lived “up north” all your life, you have no idea what “Snowmaggeddon” does in the south.  Panic over an unnatural event that terrifies us!  It immediately sets off a rush to any and all food stores to buy bread and milk.  Don’t ask me why, I don’t even drink milk, and I’d rush […]

There May be Hope for the Youth of America, Yet

Cabas, WA, student wants to ride to prom in WWII tank.  Now, their dresses are a lot skimpier nowadays – in my day, you were supposed to look ‘sweet’ in your Prom dress.  I once went to a formal dance (in a long dress) with a guy who drove a pickup truck; getting in and […]

If Church Ladies Had a Reality TV-Show

Yes, it’s really funny!!!  Check it out! “And that’s where this episode of “So True, Y’all” comes in! “The Real Church Ladies of Burndale” imagines all the passive-aggressive comments, petty behavior and hilarious theatrics that would likely take place among a group of ladies planning a church event in the South if it was the […]

A Thoughtful Valentine from Ayn Rand