Turn South at the Next Magnolia : Directions from a Lifelong Southerner

by Graham, Nan

• ISBN13: 9781928556237
• ISBN10: 192855623X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Coastal Carolina Pr

Summary

Turn South at the Next Magnolia -- Directions from a Lifelong Southerner is an assemblage of entertaining essays by author Nan Graham. A bi-weekly commentator on Wilmington, NC's local public radio station WHQR, Nan reflects on what it's like growing up and growing old in the South. Turn South at the Next Magnolia presents the perspective of a Southern woman of a certain age who has lived through WWII, segregation, a race riot, cancer, thirty-nine years of marriage, the computer avalanche, a grandchild, the homogenization of our Southern setting into mainstream America, and more change than thought possible. The essays, which first appeared as on-air commentaries, reflect a fresh view of the changes, with a bit of humor to see them through.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
PART I GROWING UP SOUTHERN
Darning Needles and Croaker Sacks	3	(3)
South in the Mouth	6	(3)
Stamping White Horses and Keeping Cats	9	(3)
Advice from Mama	12	(3)
All God's Chillun	15	(2)
The Transplant	17	(2)
Ladies ... Gentlemen ... and Children of All Ages	19	(2)
The Centennial Time Traveler	21	(2)
Eclectic Eccentrics	23	(3)
Child of WWII	26	(2)
Southern Sisters	28	(3)
My Ten Cents' Worth	31	(3)
Riding the Dog	34	(3)
Food for Thought	37	(3)
Bread-and-Butter Notes	40	(2)
Lost and Found	42	(3)
Theaters of the Absurd	45	(2)
Hair Piece	47	(2)
Azalea Festival 1958	49	(3)
Off to Seek My Fortune	52	(2)
A Christmas Memoir in Three Parts: Part I: Before Martha Stewart	54	(7)
PART II GROWN UP SOUTHERN
Southern Choreography	61	(2)
Kith and Kin	63	(2)
The Subject of Snow	65	(2)
Cryptic Messages	67	(3)
Aelurophile	70	(3)
Boo!	73	(3)
Scratch and Sniff	76	(3)
Going Postal	79	(3)
Necessity: The Grandmother of Invention?	82	(2)
The Last Roundup	84	(3)
Baaa None	87	(2)
Floored	89	(2)
The Road to Livingston	91	(2)
Fits Like a ...	93	(2)
Ring-a-Ling?	95	(3)
Taking Care of Business	98	(3)
Traffic Court	101	(3)
The Amazons	104	(2)
Hats Off	106	(2)
Adding Insult to Injury	108	(3)
The Purple Thumb	111	(2)
Dies Caniculares aka Dog Days	113	(3)
Foreign Languages	116	(2)
For Better or Worse	118	(2)
A Christmas Memoir in Three Parts: Part II: Turkey Trauma	120	(5)
PART III GROWING OLD SOUTHERN
Your Comments Please ...	125	(3)
Girding the Loins or Gilding the Lions	128	(3)
A Dog for All Seasons	131	(3)
Iron Magnolia	134	(3)
Compu-Speak or ``I Don't Do Windows''	137	(3)
Beach Cottage	140	(2)
Eh? What's That?	142	(2)
The Loop	144	(2)
The Fur Person	146	(2)
Fran and Other Lessons Learned	148	(2)
Hurricane Hangover	150	(2)
Floyd and the Chainsaw Chicken	152	(2)
Grandmere	154	(2)
Caroline Time	156	(3)
The Heart of the Matter	159	(3)
Luddite in Training	162	(2)
Like a Virgin	164	(2)
Bridge over Troubled Waters or The View from the Bridge	166	(3)
There's a Word for It	169	(2)
Journal Entry: Seagulls at Spring Break	171	(2)
Rodin Has Left the Building	173	(2)
The Christmas Spirits	175	(2)
A Christmas Memoir in Three Parts: Part III: The Millennium Christmas	177