Month: June 2021

(ODD)yssey, Blog Post

Our visit to the World’s Largest Toy Museum

Kelly Kazek

When Sweetums and I went to Branson, Mo., last summer, the first place he wanted to stop was the World's Largest Toy Museum. Is anyone surprised? The museum was open with pandemic rules: masks, a limited number of people inside, and six feet of separation from other visitors. Because of that, the museum only had… Continue reading Our visit to the World’s Largest Toy Museum

Southern Thing Column

Here’s why Southerners say ‘fixin’ to’

Kelly Kazek

Below is an excerpt from a column that appeared on It's a Southern Thing (SoutherThing.com). To be immediately directed to the full column, click here. When I was at Auburn University, I went out with a guy in a fraternity for a couple of weeks. (The brothers put a hose through a window and –… Continue reading Here’s why Southerners say ‘fixin’ to’

(ODD)yssey, Blog Post

This Tennessee town has two sculptures of Minnie Pearl, but the chicken-wire statue stole my heart

Kelly Kazek

After writing for It’s a Southern Thing about an amazing statue of Minnie Pearl, the country comedian who was a Grand Ole Opry favorite, I decided to visit it in person. (Click here to read my original story on SouthernThing.com). The statue was originally placed in downtown Centerville, Tenn., the birthplace of Minnie Pearl, whose… Continue reading This Tennessee town has two sculptures of Minnie Pearl, but the chicken-wire statue stole my heart