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Monthly Archives: September 2011
What’s your name?
After going through Cub Scouts all the way from Bobcat to Webelos with my oldest son, Barron, I’m now re-entering the cycle with Harris, my middle son. Only this time, I’ve put myself on the sacrificial altar of den leadership. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobcat, Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts of America, calling adults first name, courtesy titles, Cub Scouts, first name, going by first name, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, last name, Macon, Miss, Mr., Mrs., name etiquette, New South, News South Essays, NewSouth, Scarlett O'Hara, Scouts, Southern, Southern Culture, Southern Living, Southern names, the South, Tiger, Webelos
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Running on fumes
Glowing like a nightlight in my reflective vest, I barreled down the hill as a Parkview school bus chugged past. On the last leg of a four-mile pre-dawn run, my lungs filled with the noxious fumes the bus belched as … Continue reading
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Tagged aerobic exercise, air, aldehydes, breathing, buses, capital, carbon monoxide, clean air, Clean Air Campaign, diesel fumes, exercise, fitness, hallucinogenic, hydrocarbons, inhalants, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, New South, New South Essays, NewSouth, pollution, running, school bus, South, Southern Culture, Southern Living, The Capitol, the South, walking, Washington DC
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An Afternoon with Clyde
“You’re dressed up,” Carla said from her chair in the playroom. She’s mocking me, but I don’t care. “If I get to meet the man, I don’t want to look like a hobo.” At a time when good, churchgoing people … Continue reading
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Tagged Braves, Charles McNair, Clyde Edgerton, Decatur Book Festival, I Need Your Loving Every Day, James Brown, Killer Diller, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, Larry Lime, Monty Alexander, New South, New South Essays, NewSouth, Randy Newman, Raney, South, Southern, Southern Culture, Southern literature, Southern Living, Southern writers, Stone Mountain, The Jam Part 1, The Night Train, the South, Thelonious Monk, Walking Across Egypt, Where Trouble Sleeps, William Shakespeare
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I Gotta Go … listen to Robert Earl Keen
I’m a writer, not a musician. That’s the best way to explain my fascination with country music – specifically, alternative country and the work of singer-songwriters. I’m not much of a fan of that over-produced, impure sound coming out of … Continue reading
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Tagged A Bigger Piece of Sky, album, alt country, alt country music, alternative country, country music, Cowboy music, folk music, I Gotta Go, Lance Elliott Wallace, Lance Wallace, musicians, New South, New South Essays, NewSouth, Ready for Confetti, REK, review, Robert Earl Keen, South, Southern Culture, Southern music, Texas, Texas music, The Macon Telegraph, The Road Goes on Forever, the South, Top Down
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