Gulfport Mississippi

For the first couple of years after Katrina, I could not take a ride down Highway 90 without my eyes misting over.  You don’t realize how much you love a place until it’s hopelessly gone. The SS Hurricane Camille seems a quirky place to be sentimental over, but I can’t help it–I miss it.  As [...]

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Karen on May 31st, 2009

I had a wonderful time last night at the Gulf Coast Writers Association’s May meeting.  And not just because I was there to pick up a plaque for winning first place in the “Let’s Write” Literary Contest (although that was pretty special!).  The meeting was held at Barnhill’s on Highway 49 in Gulfport, Mississippi.  Typically, [...]

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Karen on May 25th, 2009

The weather has been messy in South Mississippi this past week.  I can’t complain–we needed the rain.  Whenever I’m safely sheltered indoors as the rain pours down outdoors, I’m reminded of the weirdest weather phenomenon I’ve ever experienced. It was 1987, and I was a new mother spending a typical, albeit stormy, day playing on [...]

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I’m sure you’ve heard of wedding crashers before, but have you ever heard of a J.O.Y.* Group crasher?  When I heard that Kandi Anderson would be speaking to the J.O.Y. Group at Grace Memorial Baptist Church this past Tuesday, I decided to see if I could slip in unnoticed. The J.O.Y. Group was created for [...]

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Karen on May 3rd, 2009

When I posted a vintage picture of my second grade classmates last month, I never imagined another photo from that same year would surface.  I recently connected with Lenrose Killegrew Fears on facebook.  After viewing my old photo, she showed me this wonderful full color photo from the same year. Her recollection of the names: [...]

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