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Your mom needs ‘Fairly Odd Mother’ and ‘Not Quite Right’ for Mother’s Day

If your mom doesn't have a copy my first humor book, "Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Slightly Off Southern Mom," now's the time to correct that little problem. It was my first collection of humor columns and features lots and lots of parenting humor. My second collection, "Not Quite Right: Mostly True Tales of… Continue reading Your mom needs ‘Fairly Odd Mother’ and ‘Not Quite Right’ for Mother’s Day

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Why you have to see the movie-set town from ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’

You will all be happy to learn Sweetums won back all his Best Husband points (the ones he lost when he drove right past the Laura Ingalls Wilder House on our honeymoon without waking me up) … and he did it by reading a billboard. For years, I had been planning to visit the Whistle… Continue reading Why you have to see the movie-set town from ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’

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Happy Easter, y’all. Here’s the story of the famous Eggbeater Jesus

What better day than Easter to celebrate one of Alabama's most unusual landmarks, known as the Eggbeater Jesus? The mosaic (not a painting) on Huntsville's First Baptist Church is a well-known landmark. It's history is excerpted below from my book "Forgotten Tales of Alabama," but currently, the mosaic is in bad shape. Because church officials… Continue reading Happy Easter, y’all. Here’s the story of the famous Eggbeater Jesus

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Whoever is leaving random bowls of mashed potatoes in Mississippi … call me

This is an excerpt of "Whoever is leaving random bowls of mashed potatoes in Mississippi … call me," this week's column on SouthernThing.com. To read the full column now, click here, or click the link at the bottom of the excerpt. An anonymous benefactor in Mississippi is being labeled as mysterious and odd but I… Continue reading Whoever is leaving random bowls of mashed potatoes in Mississippi … call me

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This grave in Georgia is marked by a life-sized baby elephant statue

Last weekend, Sweetums and I were traveling around southern Alabama and Georgia taking photos for my upcoming Guide to the Quirky South (The History Press). I had several places on my list that I had never visited, including the abandoned school that serves as Hawkins Middle School in “Stranger Things.” (More on that coming soon).… Continue reading This grave in Georgia is marked by a life-sized baby elephant statue