Category: Southern Thing Columns

This is where I share excerpts and links to my weekly humor column that appears on It’s a Southern Thing. (For those who are curious, I share the excerpt not because it tickles me to redirect you to the full column but because the column is the property of SouthernThing.com but I share part of it here so readers who follow the blog will know it has been posted.)

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Life is too short to wear bad bras and other things you learn in middle age

Kelly Kazek

The excerpt below is from a column originally published on SouthernThing.com. To read the full column, click here or click the link at the end of the excerpt. Mamas are full of great advice – how would we make it through childhood without it? We grew up knowing things like how to act in public… Continue reading Life is too short to wear bad bras and other things you learn in middle age

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I don’t mind being called Sweetie or Honey … or Schmootzie Pie

Kelly Kazek

Following is an excerpt of a column on the South's love of edible endearments originally posted on SouthernThing.com. To read the column in full, click here or click the link at the end of the excerpt. Come over here and give me some sugar. Not that kind, y’all. I’m talking about the kind we in… Continue reading I don’t mind being called Sweetie or Honey … or Schmootzie Pie

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Southerners fake? What does this Boston columnist know?

Kelly Kazek

A Boston columnist says we're all fake, y'all. The nerve. Read my response in an excerpt below of this week's column from SouthernThing.com.  To read the rest of the full column, click here or click the link at the end of the excerpt. Is there such a thing as being too nice? If there is, you… Continue reading Southerners fake? What does this Boston columnist know?

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When you’re an impatient person in the South

Kelly Kazek

This week's column originates on SouthernThing.com. Below is an excerpt. To read the full column, click here or click the link at the bottom. Everyone in my world knows I have just the teensiest deficit in the patience department. If my life had a theme song, it would be: "Don't care how, I want it now." Veruca… Continue reading When you’re an impatient person in the South

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Here’s what happens when we get sick in the South

Kelly Kazek

What happens when we get sick in the South? Below is an excerpt from last week's column on It's a Southern Thing (southernthing.com) Click here to read it in its entirety, or click the link at the bottom.  I recently learned I am suffering from several debilitating disorders, including Mad Cow disease, leprosy and a herniated… Continue reading Here’s what happens when we get sick in the South