Month: February 2020

Southern Thing Column

‘Night of the Undercooked Veggies’ and other Southern horror movies that should exist

Kelly Kazek

If you missed last week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by clicking here. Below are the first paragraphs. I have decided horror movie directors are missing an entire regional audience by not catering to Southerners. Moviemakers don’t really focus on topics that would terrify us (with the exception of… Continue reading ‘Night of the Undercooked Veggies’ and other Southern horror movies that should exist

Southern Thing Column

Movies don’t have endings anymore and it really creams my corn

Kelly Kazek

If you missed last week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by clicking here. Below are the first paragraphs. It happened again last night. Sweetums and I were streaming a movie on TV and ended up frustrated. We had few expectations – we tend to watch some terrible movies –… Continue reading Movies don’t have endings anymore and it really creams my corn

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Visit the place where the epic love story of Hank and Audrey Williams began

Kelly Kazek

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I’m sharing one of Alabama’s greatest love stories – that of legendary singer/songwriter Hank Williams Sr. and Audrey Sheppard Williams. Sure, it ended in tragedy but, for a time, it was a high-profile and loving union. It also resulted in the birth of Hank Williams Jr., so there’s that.… Continue reading Visit the place where the epic love story of Hank and Audrey Williams began

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Learn more about Sweetums and me on this fun podcast episode

Kelly Kazek

For those of you who enjoy podcasts, you can get to know more about Sweetums and me by listening to this episode of Author Conversations. It is titled, aptly, "Unknown, Fun and Weird History." Our interviewer, Jonny Foster, described the episode this way: "On this special episode I am joined by husband and wife authors… Continue reading Learn more about Sweetums and me on this fun podcast episode

Southern Thing Column

What cows? Steaks grow on trees … don’t they?

Kelly Kazek

If you missed last week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by click here . Below are the first paragraphs. Raise your hand if you have ever felt the need have a closer relationship to the animals you are about to eat. Go ahead, I won’t judge … as far… Continue reading What cows? Steaks grow on trees … don’t they?