In the Garden with Felder: How the garden saves our sanity
There’s something to be said for the unexpected lagniappe that connects us, often unconsciously, to our lives through gardening.
Everyday Clay: When the stream runs dry
A couple of Sundays ago, lying on my stomach in the mud under my mother’s house while a geyser streamed from her water main was not on my bingo card.
Sites & Bites: Finally… a new food trend I can embrace
Covered in red sauce (or gravy, as Italians lovingly call it); paired with sauteed vegetables, shrimp and more red sauce for a delicious Shrimp Creole;
Butter Together: Up until now, I’ve really just been winging it
Honestly? I’ve never been a huge fan of chicken wings.
Robert St. John: The table is the real destination
Flying home from Scotland, I feel two things at once: tired and thankful.
Everyday Clay: The wrong side of right
Who’s right, who’s wrong? Better yet, who decides the answer to those questions?
In the Garden with Felder: Live with fall leaves and boost your compost
Easy enough to figure out why autumn is called fall – just look around. No sooner do I put up my rake and leaf blower, than it looks like I never got started.
Jabe Nicholson: Aiming at nothing
The Pacific Garden Mission, founded in 1877 on the notorious Whiskey Row in Chicago’s South Loop, is the oldest continuously-serving rescue mission in America.
Butter Together: Hands off the bratwurst
I was in my 20s when I tried Italian sausage for the first time.
Sites & Bites: Gulf Coast visit on emotional anniversary brought restaurant and hotel finds
Visiting the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina proved to be an emotional journey.
Robert St. John: From roast to toast
There are tributes in life that make you proud and others that make you sweat – the Mississippi Press Association Roast of me last week did both.
Tacos to solve big cravings for a Big Mac
I miss Big Macs. Not that they ever went away. I don’t mean to cause a run on McDonald’s.
In the Garden with Felder: Surprised by sooty mold, honeydew and crape myrtle bark scale
On my flight back from my summer home in England, while semi-dreading dealing with my neglected Mississippi garden, I decided to draft a cheery column on getting heirloom holiday plants to flower.
Clay Bowen: Sounds like home
My favorite memories are those that make us pause just a little bit longer. Do you ever catch yourself recalling a memory, and when you stop thinking about it, it’s as if you awoke from a dream? I love that feeling! I also love memories with a ripple effect.
Sites & Bites: Cheeseballs deserve equal billing with dips
After sharing my favorite dip recipes last week as inspiration for fall football season, I was asked if I had any “new and different” recipes for cheeseballs.
Robert St. John: Holding on when it matters
Before every party at our house – whether it’s a fundraiser, an engagement, or just another excuse to gather people – my wife finds a reason to rearrange the furniture, repaint something, or bring home another piece.
Butter Together: Cheep eats: a chicken in every crock
I can’t stand a slow cooker recipe that has me start with a rotisserie chicken, a can of beans or any other such nonsense.
Butter Chicken Mac and Cheese is a perfect combination
Some pairings just work. Peanut butter and jelly. Ketchup and mustard. Even salt and pepper. Human beings have slowly accepted that these unlike things go together.
In the Garden with Felder: Entropy at work in the garden and how to fight back
Entropy is at work in our gardens.
Everyday Clay: Don’t think twice, the kids are alright
When I was 15 years old, Mr. Tom Sneed took a chance on me and let me have a job at his construction company for the summer.
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June 29, 2025
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