LIFE BELOW THE LINE

Cumberland Island, GA | via: georgiangentility

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bite the bulleit.

Drink #Coke in bottles. #oldschool

Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.

I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! 
In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand
to live and die in Dixie. 
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.

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The Trot Line is giving away lots of great State Traditions gear. Tell them what you love most about your state and the south. You should head over and enter and spread the southern love.

Enter Here.

The 20 Best Small Towns in America from Smithsonianmag.com | #20: Oxford, MS

“Named in honor of the British university, Oxford prides itself on being an intellectual oasis, home of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). William Faulkner, who grew up in Oxford and modeled his fictional Yoknapatawpha County on his home, is everywhere. His family house, Rowan Oak, offers tours and showcases Faulkner’s liquor cabinet, including his metal mint julep cup. J.E. Neilson’s department store on the town square has a framed note from the cantankerous author responding to an overdue bill statement. The literary legacy has led to a renaissance of independent bookstores, including the Mississippi landmark Square Books, which showcases the state’s most famous writers, including Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams and John Grisham. Two annual conferences, the spring Oxford Conference for the Book and July’s Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, bring even more writers to town. The other arts are far from neglected; the Oxford Film and Music Festivals in February, plus the town’s proximity to Memphis and Nashville, keep Oxford on the circuit for popular and cutting-edge productions and performers. — AS”

I love/miss Oxford. I will be heading back soon for the Annual Double Decker Arts & Music Festival.

The Line | the Old Try

“I remember the first time I crossed it – an event that I didn’t really think about, but that’s lived in my memory ever since: the Mason-Dixon. Mason & Dixon’s line is a funny thing. When it was surveyed in 1763, it was used to settle disputes between the British colonies. For us, it’s the difference between college and pro ball; the difference between sweet tea and tea; and the difference between those who will wear white after Labor Day and those who won’t. Pretty simply, it’s something Northerners don’t much think about and Southerners don’t much cross. And it don’t matter where you stand, you’re on one side of it or the other.”

- the Old Try

knotbynick:

Southern Map, 1862

Food & music bring people together. Garden & Gun is giving y’all both. FREE MUSIC and a list of must-visit places across the Southeast from the minds of their Southern Chef friends. I only wish Georgia was represented, but oh well. This still rocks. Check it out and enjoy.

Cheers.

By Valor and Arms.

Hotty Toddy Gosh Almighty.

Georgia on my mind.

the Old New South.