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Tiny’s Day Book Entry. Friday, November 15, 1985
It has been seven months since BJ died. I still find it hard to believe. Though I am beginning to accept the reality of the tragedy, the pain of losing him is still almost unbearable. If only I could have helped him more! We all loved him so [...]
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tiny’s wedding silver
Many years ago, several pieces of my grandmother’s wedding silver were stolen from her home. Afterwards, she hid what remained in drawers, beneath cabinets, in closets.
In the months leading up to my wedding, my parents searched for weeks to complete the set. A few months before my wedding, my mother showed me the set- complete [...]
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tallahatchie flats
Rent a Mississippi Delta tenant house for $65 a night. These shacks were renovated a few years ago to appeal to Blues tourists in search of an authentic experience. Legend has it that Robert Johnson spent his final hours in one of these “flats.” The concept of renting a dilapidated house [...]
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Some of you may have heard about Mike Bryant’s illness. He has been critically ill in the ICU since last week. We’ve created a Fundraiser to help Mike and his partner, Randolph, cover medical expenses. Please click here to contribute through PayPal.Mike has had a profound impact on all of us during the [...]
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tiny’s old house
A newly scanned photo from Mississippi. I’m not sure if it will make it into the finished series…
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southern photo-speak
In the introduction to Deep South, Sally Mann writes: The repertoire of the Southern artist has long included place, the past, family, death, and dosages of romance that would be fatal to most contemporary artists. But the stage on which these are played out is always the Southern landscape, terrible in its beauty, in its [...]
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the blackbirds
Decades ago, my grandfather planted cane around the houses to provide privacy from the open cotton fields. The canebrake, dense and as tall as the magnolia trees, is where the blackbirds roost. Every winter they arrive by the thousands, and their droppings soon coat the yard and the trees. I’ve tried to describe to friends [...]
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