In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database. These files relate to the coastal towns in the month… Read More ›
In recognition of the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week we feature some images from the Mississippi Heritage Trust Hurricane Katrina page along with images uploaded to the MDAH HRI database. These files relate to the coastal towns in the months… Read More ›
This Memorial Day weekend, I hope you’ll have a chance to get out and smell the magnolias whether in your own yard or your neighbor’s. Take a blossom to the cemetery and put it on the grave of a soldier…. Read More ›
Congratulations to Preservation in Mississippi and the MissPres universe for sticking around for this, the 1000th post :-)
Today is technically the third anniversary of Preservation in Mississippi, but due to my own mistaken impression on the first year’s anniversary that February 9 was the big day, tomorrow will actually be the “Observed” date. In the meantime, as you’ll… Read More ›
If you check back in to MissPres this weekend, you might see things in disarray, mattresses up against the wall, boxes laying around, people arguing about the texture of the wallpaper, etc. Don’t be alarmed, all your favorite posts full… Read More ›
Ok, I know it’s not snowing in the pines or in the magnolias just at this moment, but you can still have a white Christmas courtesy of a few pictures from the Great Mississippi Snow of February 2010. Merry Christmas,… Read More ›
It’s Thanksgiving time again–time to enumerate just a few of things that make us thankful. So without further ado . . . I’m thankful for the Delta, the Piney Woods, the Hills, and yes, even those crazy Natchezians who add… Read More ›
I’ve been told unequivocally that “Change is Bad.” However, I’ve been a busy little beaver this weekend adding a few gadgets (or widgets as we bloggers call them) to Preservation in Mississippi. First, you’ll notice over at the top right… Read More ›
It’s 6:30 PM and it’s 100° in the shade. I know it’s Mississippi ya’ll and I know it’s June, but doggone . . . what do we have to do to get back down to our normal low 90s and… Read More ›
For those of you who haven’t been counting my posts, that last one? the really important and deeply philosophical one about Advanced Docent Testing? was my 100th. Bet you think I’ve got nothing left to say? You can only hope …. Read More ›
It’s tax day, ya’ll! You know what you have to do: count up all the doors and windows in your house (jib doors count as two doors and one window), also count each room including closets. Any wardrobes if you… Read More ›
I’ve been berated by a reader–so much so that my lip started to quiver and I had to blink back tears–for having two posts in succession he calls “negative.” Now, let’s be clear, this reader, who I will call Theodore, is not my… Read More ›
The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed a new little feature I’ve added to Preservation in Mississippi, a calendar of events that I hope we can use to keep ourselves apprised of all the stuff going on around the state… Read More ›
It snowed in Jackson last night, ya’ll! I’m probably boxed in here for days, but don’t worry, I still have electricity and some crackers and ice I can melt for water . . .
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