Shantybellum

Pull up an ice chest or a cotton bale, peel yourself a crawfish, make yourself comfortable and have some fun at the coolest little shack in town.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Winter

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Winter is a sigh, a surrender a secret whispered in the creak of trees, bones that bend and sometimes break in the breeze. She shuff...
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A Winter's Tale

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In the quiet morning beneath the cashmere calm, behind the dog's soft snoring and the purring knead of pinked flesh, a chill threat...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Natchez Kittens in Desperate Need of Home

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Have you seen the “W” kitties? They have lived in the NACHS Shelter for most of their little lives. Until a week ago ...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Suicide is Painless

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Suicide is Painless People will go to any lengths for fame, won't they? In the May, 1800 edition of a Natchez Newspaper, Thomas T...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Childhood Memory Resurfaces in a Cast-Iron Coffin

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A guest blog today by a new friend, Ann Dupont from Shreveport, Louisiana.         The story I am about to share is true, historical...

Cherry Grove: A Ghost Tale

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All around the old place, the dead visit. The day he opened up the trunk of that sweetgum tree, and before ...
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Refugees

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Refugees He walks with me in the meadows of my mind through patterns and rhyme and meters I'd long forgot until he pointed at them ly...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Saving Prospect Hill

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The Archaeological Conservancy is making a final push to get funds to repair the roof at Prospect Hill. If they can raise $35,000, the hou...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

To My Daddy on Father's Day

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A few days after my father's funeral, I stopped in to see Mimi Miller at The Historic Natchez Foundation.  She told me she'd bee...
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Friday, June 13, 2014

Matters Familias - Balls of Steel

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Someone was posting on Facebook a little while ago about snakes, so I thought I'd bring out an old post and dust it off. Makes me miss ...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Paragon of Prostitutes

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Rolla by Henri Gervex (1852 - 1929) From Natchez Under-the-Hill by Edith Wyatt Moore Southern Historical Publications, Inc. Natchez, M...
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Shantybellum
Natchez, Mississippi, United States
Shantybellum is a shanty shack in Natchez, MS with stories to tell. We'll be talking about all the characters that make Natchez unique, both past and present. You'll learn about the town myths, legends and scandals. We'll tell you where the skeletons are hidden as well as the ghosts. We might even write a poem or two. Enjoy.
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