tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post3084552407473607823..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Mississippi Goddamnpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-79686569336772825072013-10-24T15:16:08.360-04:002013-10-24T15:16:08.360-04:00Fantastic places you visited. So cool! I had a ver...Fantastic places you visited. So cool! I had a very good experience in Natchez with one of my sisters at an old (African American) woman's house, wherein she shared lunch with us. It was like a time capsule, her place, with pix of JFK, MLK and etc. on her wall. Sweet.<br /><br />But agreed on the grimmer aspects of Mississippi. Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-77939247520747249712013-10-24T15:10:55.030-04:002013-10-24T15:10:55.030-04:00All three of them. They have taken over the square...All three of them. They have taken over the square!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67797663024981953342013-10-24T14:55:57.886-04:002013-10-24T14:55:57.886-04:00Didn't you visit the famous book store?Didn't you visit the famous book store? Kent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84461979844834313612013-10-24T07:32:33.395-04:002013-10-24T07:32:33.395-04:00Sounds like an amazing trip, Patti! Thanks for sha...Sounds like an amazing trip, Patti! Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25047231011205029692013-10-23T15:06:02.295-04:002013-10-23T15:06:02.295-04:00As someone who, while not a native southerner, has...As someone who, while not a native southerner, has lived in the south close to half my life, I think your assessment of Mississippi is spot on. I find most people here warm, friendly, and helpful--as long as you don't discuss politics or race. If you do, it's like you turned on the crazy faucet.<br /><br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53652705705783937832013-10-23T13:53:47.007-04:002013-10-23T13:53:47.007-04:00good song, but what a great book title it would ma...good song, but what a great book title it would make.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17344246338799924132013-10-23T13:40:01.338-04:002013-10-23T13:40:01.338-04:00Off to check out Fables of Faubus. Off to check out Fables of Faubus. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-82371870995556614332013-10-23T13:30:02.846-04:002013-10-23T13:30:02.846-04:00I'm going to insist that even "Fables of ...I'm going to insist that even "Fables of Faubus" and "Mississippi Goddamn" (and Simone's "Backlash Blues") aren't quite up to Holiday's reading of "Strange Fruit"...and you, Patti, are not allowed to forget Gil Scott-Heron's "We Almost Lost Detroit."<br /><br />And today's Miss is the child of 1960s MS...it's not as if any state in this nation, or any nation on Earth, can hold its head up completely in such matters. Someone very close to me is married into a Mississippi-based family that has mostly decamped to the Philly area, and they don't see That much difference in the neighbors' attitudes...<br /><br />Having at least touched down in every state in the US, I can say that it's not That tough, and can be enlightening...though also can be just a whole lot of driving through...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23874488705167774612013-10-23T13:08:02.090-04:002013-10-23T13:08:02.090-04:00We're hoping to get to Jackson when we visit i...We're hoping to get to Jackson when we visit in the spring. Maybe we can do lunch. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53154316519920235522013-10-23T12:58:35.002-04:002013-10-23T12:58:35.002-04:00Cool report on my current home state. I've not...Cool report on my current home state. I've not been to Oxford--it sounds fun... I'll be going to Jackson in January, I'll have to report from there :-)<br /><br />Mississippi is definitely an interesting place... <br /><br />YA Sleuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371132883359264412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17621494813838645222013-10-23T10:41:52.070-04:002013-10-23T10:41:52.070-04:00I'd like to spend more time in that part of th...I'd like to spend more time in that part of the country.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070278104646895235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24399733978924563732013-10-23T10:41:42.179-04:002013-10-23T10:41:42.179-04:00It took me a while to find a bottle tree but we di...It took me a while to find a bottle tree but we did finally.<br />Truly I am drawn and repelled by MS at the same time, Heath. It resonates in your work, I think. <br />We did not wait, Jeff. Didn't even consider it. There are a ton of good restaurants there now and we ended up having a very good dinner somewhere else. <br />I have never been in many states in the middle of the country but we have the coasts and the south covered. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88951391067623188192013-10-23T10:24:45.479-04:002013-10-23T10:24:45.479-04:00North Mississippi had a profound impact on me. Wis...North Mississippi had a profound impact on me. Wish you could have seen Junior Kimbrough's place before it burned down, Patti, you would have loved it.Heath Lowrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009721666729276126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38980771745919426502013-10-23T10:22:35.375-04:002013-10-23T10:22:35.375-04:00Great post! You saw a bottle tree! Do you know abo...Great post! You saw a bottle tree! Do you know about that? It's part of the hoodoo superstitions of the Gulf states. I would expect to see them in Louisiana or southern Mississippi not in the northern part of the state.<br /><br />And I want to know what George did in Idaho. And Nebraska. Two states I still have yet to visit.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35586216480294543182013-10-23T10:08:49.267-04:002013-10-23T10:08:49.267-04:00Sounds like a great trip, Patti.
Jackie wants to ...Sounds like a great trip, Patti.<br /><br />Jackie wants to know - did you wait the three hours for dinner.<br /><br />George, Jackie wants to know what you were doing in North Dakota.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58751307535055587282013-10-23T09:24:14.982-04:002013-10-23T09:24:14.982-04:00Mississippi blues. Not so blue it sounds like.Mississippi blues. Not so blue it sounds like.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47054662260975571122013-10-23T08:25:01.067-04:002013-10-23T08:25:01.067-04:00Sounds like you and Phil had a great time visiting...Sounds like you and Phil had a great time visiting Megan. I've been in every state of the U.S. except for Mississippi and Hawaii. Love the photos!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com