Thursday, April 9, 2009

What a cold front looks like

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One morning a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting on the porch at Shantybellum, enjoying the warm, balmy weather, when I looked across the ri...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Matters Familia - Dying People Don't Eat Duck

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J. Balfour Miller What is it with my family? From as early as I can remember, my grandmother was a dying woman. I’d call her on th...
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On the Road

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Tommy and Elodie will be taking a road trip with Courtney Stacy-Taylor on Thursday to do a story about touring the Blues Highway 61. Y'...
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Cool Cats at the Shanty Shack

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Shantybellum has been adopted by two feral kitties, who aren't so feral since Elodie, the cat whisperer, worked her magic on them. We s...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

200 Years of Liberty

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His small face illumined by the flames, four-year-old Robert Stratton watched, awestruck, as fire consumed the family home dark night in 194...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Stormy Weather

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Way back in 1840 Natchez experienced some of the scariest weather possible -- an F5 tornado that stretched all the way across the river and ...

The Garter, the Sword and the Veil

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The Garter “Guard this with your life,” said Stella Jenkins Carby as she handed over a sc...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009

What's with those Tableaux, anyway?

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After having lived in Los Angeles for 25 years, it was through a different lens that I watched the Historic Natchez Pageant on a visit hom...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Matters familias - Natchez Characters

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Utter the name "Katherine Miller" in Natchez, and the reactions you get vary wildly. She's either the patron saint of Natche...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

This Does Not Compute

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For any of you who wrote to ask about rates, availability, etc., and were wondering why we never answered your email, please accept our sinc...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

Suicide is Painless

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People will go to any lengths for fame, won't they? In the May, 1800 edition of a Natchez Newspaper, Thomas Thackwood advertized his up...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Wildlife Fundraiser on March 7

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Friends of the St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge will host a family-oriented environmental education festival on March 7 from 9 ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Nicest Madam in Town

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For years one of Natchez's most notable characters was a madam named Nellie Jackson. Her story is funny and tragic, and Nellie is great...
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A Natchez Childhood

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Goodbye, Charlie  You know you've lived too long  when you're still alive after the trees  you planted have died of old age.   The ...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

You Never Send Me Flowers Anymore

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Back to 1975 When I was a freshman at the University of Mississippi, I lived in New Dorm, at that time the largest dormitory on campus. For ...
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Monday, February 9, 2009

...first things first

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*Posted by Tommy Elodie has been really putting some thought into the page and has come up with some really great ideas to add interesting a...