“Let thy house be a meeting-house for the wise; and powder thyself in the dust of their feet; and drink their word with thirstiness.” Yose ben Yoezer The above quote is from the Mishnah, a collection of Jewish Rabbinic thought. There is a current, popular religious saying derived from this quote. It says, “be […]
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Everything is an affair of the Spirit. If God has a way, then that is the only way. Every little thing in which you would have your own way, has a mission for your redemption; and He will treat you as a naughty child until you take your Father’s way for yours. George MacDonald
The sign reads, “Put some South in ya mouth” but only Tuesday through Saturday night. The sign promotes the Southern Smoke Barbeque and Catering Company, a restaurant I pass daily. Southerners do a lot of communicating with food, harkening to our primitive and primary natures. In our gumbos and pecan pies, our hoppin’ John and
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The Lowcountry, a geographical place with mysteries seeping toward consciousness, beckons you. A thread runs through this land and its people like a young live oak reaching, swaying and bending but unbroken against time and storm and man’s onward march. This place speaks not to the ear, but to the soul. Its wind is laden
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