The Ole Miss Alumni Association will be giving out its 40th Outstanding Young Alumni Award on Oct. 17 as part of homecoming weekend. The award goes...
Jim Stark, an Ole Miss grad from Greenville, will cook off against an unknown celebrity chef tonight on NBC’s Food Fighters show. Stark, 58, now lives...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Poor mouthing: A verb that describes how a person moans and groans in self-deprecation about lacking funds or capability...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Well that just dills my pickle: Uh-oh. Something has turned everything sour and I’m het up about it…...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Sweetie Pie Sugar Pie Honey or Honey Bunch: All refer to someone in an attempt to be...
Frankly, in growing up, I never liked summer squash as the Yankees call it or yellow squash, the Southern name. Now that I’ve been a damn...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Happy as a tick on a lazy dog: Exactly what it sounds like, this expression refers to being satisfied...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week Take: A common verb used in the South for a wide range of activities, such as “I take the...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: On my last nerve: Whatever the circumstance or activity or person involved, it’s REALLY REALLY becoming aggravating to the...
Last week I wrote about how the Oxford Pilgrimage started and lasted for twenty-two years. Now I want to tell you what got visitors to Oxford...