As I used to do with brand new neckties, I now do with my favorite shirts. I think you know where I am going here. That of never eating a meal without getting a grease spot on a shirt or pair of pants—that is me! Or at least it was me, until last week. For the longest time, I have pondered on why those greasy spots on my shirts defy all efforts to clean them. I pretreat them the same night I soil them. Yes, I know about pretreating. Works sometimes.… Read more No More Grease Spots! →
Citizens in many states have recently rallied together to protest the stay-at-home orders issued by their state governors. I have watched as protestors allege that the government has no right… Read more The U.S. Constitution in Time of Crisis →
The last two nights, I have slept in my bed for the first time since early February. As the old folks used say—and of course—I have been one for a… Read more Little Missy and the Thunderstorm →
In the last blog, I described the fish fryer that our family used for years and years as I was growing up to fry fish for family gatherings. I expect… Read more Glen and Annah Dunaway Fish Frying System →
Trips with Daddy In the Choctaw Indian language, escatawpa means where the cane is cut. However, the Dunaways and most everyone around Wilmer just called it Dog River or, more often, only The River. The Escatawpa River’s… Read more Stories of the Escatawpa →
My wife sent me on a mission to Trader Joes who has notoriously good dark chocolate at a typically low Trader Joes price. She gave me the go-ahead to purchase some Orange Chicken and some Cauliflower Gnocchi. These are two of our go-tos we like to have in the freezer – especially at pandemic time. Several years ago, Trader Joes stores were only in the far eastern and western U.S., and the only time a Southerner found one was in the Consumer Reports ratings of grocery stores where TJs always was rated in the top three. One… Read more Another Sign of the Apocalypse. We ARE Out of Dark Chocolate. →
Oops! Seems that businesses, in general, failed to use the financial rule that has been recommended to families all my life: Put away six months cash in case of a… Read more Signs of the Quarantine →
As parents have recently been required to become pseudo-teachers, I expect that their appreciation for the jobs that great teachers do every day has grown just a bit over the… Read more Know Any Great Teachers? →
Southern Exposures 