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.

Sunday, November 26, 2017

The Phantom of Kingston Road

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The first time I noticed him it was the holidays – I can’t remember if it was Thanksgiving or Christmas. I was driving home on Kingston Ro...
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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Falling Leaves

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Perhaps it would be better if I don’t speak. Reflect the silence back into the water, listen to the evening come to help  the night...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night...

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I bet I've lost over 35 friends and parents of friends in the last ten years.  Sometimes it seems as though I have more dead friends tha...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

In a Hollow Space

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A Hollow Space   By Elodie Pritchartt "The big sweetgum by the front gate finally died."   Every death affected him these days, an...
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Friday, October 20, 2017

The Forest in Fall

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She walks in dappled brown. The trees, emboldened in their bare embrace, reach down, carress her freckled frown from their anchored height...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Cherry Grove

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Cherry Grove: A Ghost Tale All around the old place, the dead visit. The day he opened up the trunk of that sweetgum tree,...
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Friday, October 6, 2017

More on South-West by a Yankee - Treatment of Slaves 1835

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A description of Natchez, written in 1835 by Joseph Holt Ingraham. Offered without comment: "Many of the planters are nort...
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Monday, September 25, 2017

Cocodrie Bayou

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I drive through miles of cotton fields. White tufts erupt from bolls like butterflies from cocoons. The Louisiana delta spreads out,...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Fake News by Vernon Rust

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Vernon Rust There are writers, and then there are storytellers.   Vernon Rust KNOWS how to tell a story, and his memoire, Fake News is...
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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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