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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Teach your children well
It’s an understatement to say my dad taught me a lot while I was growing up. He taught me right from wrong, self-discipline, the value of a dollar, how to maintain cleanliness and order, the importance of doing a job … Continue reading
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Tagged Dad, dads, Father's Day, fathers, Lake Wales, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, New South, New South Essays, South, Southern Culture, teaching children, teaching kids
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Stop, listen, what’s that sound?
By now, many of you have already discovered the unique pleasures of the emergence of Brood XIX. For about the last month, the 13-year cicada has been coming up out of the soil to sing its song, do its thing, … Continue reading
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Tagged 13-year cicada, brood xix, cicada, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, New South, New South Essays, South, Southern, Southern Culture, Southerners
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Baiting your own hook
For a moment I thought he was actually going to do it. With the early summer sun beating down on us, my two older sons, ages 10 and 6, and I prepped our fishing poles on the banks of Lake … Continue reading
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Tagged bait, children, fishing, Hamburg State Park, hook, Lake Hamburg, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, New South, New South Essays, parenting, South, Southern, Southern Culture, worms
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