By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Three Sheets to the Wind: Same as “Tight as a tick on a lazy dog” or “can’t lie down...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week About as handy as a back pocket on a shirt: That gizmo’s just about useless to the average person....
Each Sunday, football fans cheer on their NFL teams as they battle on the gridiron. What many local fans may not realize is that two Oxford...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Like a duck on a junebug: Attracted so strongly a person is gonna get right onto it physically or...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Fat, dumb and happy: What we become in a tryptophan stupor after consuming a hefty Thanksgiving meal and turkey...
By Laurie Triplette, ldtriplette@aol.com The Martha Stewart crowd has been planning Thanksgiving dinner for months. My not quite-that-obsessive-compulsive friends have only mapped out what to do...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Crank up: To start something or turn it higher. Usually refers to a motor of some sort, such as...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: About as useless (or useful) as a rubber crutch: Whatever it is, that thing won’t even hold up a...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Like putting a g-string on an alligator: An activity that’s very difficult, but perhaps not impossible for the fleet...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Like a bolt of lightning, the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) has struck again. From October 23 through October 26, the Southern Foodways Alliance,...