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Can I Say Here What I Was Too Chicken to Say There?

Dear friend,

My heart broke this afternoon as I listened to your story and tried to understand even a fraction of the horror you've lived through. I knew bits and pieces from the brief notes you've sent me before, but those messages came across many miles and through a computer screen. I couldn't see your eyes or hear your voice like I did today across the small round table that separated us. I wonder if my face said what I couldn't find my voice to express. I'm pretty sure it didn't so, as...

Southern Americana, Louisiana Book Festival & Tricia Goyer, all tomorrow on ATS LIVE!

How about a piece of Southern Americana? This is Mammy's Resturant. She stands south of Natchez, MS on Highway 61, and yes, she's open. I snapped her picture on the way home from the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge, LA. What an icon, that Mammy. I remember the first time I heard my own Mother say that Mammy had been a popular hangout for her high school friends. It was hard picturing Mama as a young girl, chatting with friends and snacking on french fries inside Mammy's petticoat...

A Thanksgiving Challenge

*****I'm posting y'all, because this is our official All Things Southern Thanksgiving Challenge. After reading this post, consider asking those loved ones you gather with this Thursday to join you in rescuing a child trapped in sex-trafficking. $128 will free a child. Can y'all join together and do it as a way of expressing your gratitude this year? I'd love to hear from you!

*******2nd update- I'll be doing a joint radio interview about this with Andy Andrews and Irene Robinson on KWCL 96.7

Hey Y'all! Would You, Could You, Flap Your Wings?

"Good intentions are like the seeds of trees whose fruit we'll never know…" anonymous

I like that quote, in an ouch-that-hurts sort of way.

If you've been in the All Things Southern community for very long, (and if you have, please know you're appreciated!) you know that we usually  have a fall fund-raiser. We've drilled wells together, funded orphanages together, and passed out pigs and cows on the other side of the globe– but anything and everything we gave always paled in comparison to...

ATS LIVE and My (Not So) Storybook Life!

Hey y'all, I'm fresh in from Bainbridge, GA (see post below) and running low on words this evening, but give me a night to recharge and you just know I'll be good to go!  You can't keep a good storyteller down, you know– and besides, I'm excited about visiting with my guest on ATS LIVE tomorrow evening. Elizabeth Owen author of "My (Not So)Storybook Life." She's a totally charming belle that you're just going to love.

Remember, ATS LIVE airs localy on TALK 540 KMLB and streams live on my

Bainbridge knows how to throw a Belleabration!

It's Sunday morning and I'm about to head for the airport, pointed towards home with a stack of stories. I do believe I'll be leaving a bit of my heart here in Bainbridge, Georgia, but I'm okay with that. I'm taking memories a plenty back with me that will more than compensate! Trust me, if this weekend was in a ledger column, my side would be in the black many times over.

Unfortunately, our well-planned Belleabration got off to a rough start, (thank you Delta) with Friday's flying follies. I...

Georgia on My Mind!

When one stops completing unpacking one's suitcase in favor of adding to and taking from it for the next trip, one may be on the road too much, 'ya think?!

But that's neither here nor there, y'all. Now is no time to throw on the brakes! I'm way too excited about this weekend's trip to Bainbridge, GA where I'll be hosting a ladies retreat at Calvary Baptist Church! The ladies there have gone all out for our big weekend. Check out the back of this super cool t-shirt, designed by Mandy Crews and ...

Q & A with a real agent on today on ATS LIVE!

No, silly! Not that kind of agent.

Hey y'all! Are you dreaming of getting published and wondering where to start? Have you written that book but have no idea where to turn? Could you use some insider information? Yeah, I thought so. Regular correspondance with the All Things Southern porchers has revealed a number of aspiring writers in our community and your dutiful hostess has made it my aim to help you educate yourselves on the process. So, here's your chance, folks. Today, on ATS LIVE...

Another round of the Caption Game, anyone?

Hey y'all, checking in quickly before I check out for the night. I've stuffed several days into one here trying to get ready for yet another road trip and the brain is officially shutting down. I'm going to let the brain cells marinate and go at the deadlines again in the a.m. For now, how about another round of the caption game? I'll go first. I look forward to reading your notes tomorrow! God bless, y'all! Sleep tight~

"I told y'all we'd get caught, but oh, no– n o one listens to the dog…"

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ATS LIVE t/row! A Call-In Extravaganza with the Belles of Southern Belleview

Hey y'all! It's Sunday evening and I should be prepping for tomorrow's ATS LIVE radio show but, really now, that would imply that I might actually go by my notes, right? HAHAHAHA! Like that'll happen! Those of you loyal listeners know full well that ATS LIVE should come with a warning, but here it is for everyone else:

Yeah, I would be the ham.

Besides, I have even more challenges than usual about focusing because we're going to do something new and wonderful tomorrow. The Belles of Southern...