Monthly Archives: August 2011

“Even though Mama so carefully shielded us from the facts of life, one could not grow up in that neighborhood without learning that all was not pure and innocent as little girls, ‘nice little girls,’ were made to think they … Continue reading →

  “We got a lot of our produce delivered to the back door during those years. People who lived in the country and had gardens would bring peas, peaches, corn, tomatoes and other vegetables around, and Big had a scale … Continue reading →

Daughterofthedelta has reached the “100 postings” mark and will be more or less on sabbatical over the next ten days or so, posting when possible but making no promises,  as we are off to the beach and other exciting places. … Continue reading →

“At our house, children were not the only ones who had to suffer through teasing from the others. Poor Bama [Sara’s grandmother] never lived down our jokes about her ‘Stitch and Chatterer’s’ group, which was made up of ladies in … Continue reading →

“There were a lot of Jewish people in the neighborhood, probably because the Synagogue was located on Market Street. The last block of George Street toward the river had mostly Jewish people living there. Every year when they would be … Continue reading →

“Right next to to [Miss Fannie Weaver] was the Jewish Synagogue, and when Tricia was little Mary would dress her up every afternoon and put a bow in her hair and take her around to sit on the Synagogue steps. … Continue reading →

“In the house behind us, where we lived when we first married, were the Meneeses. Mr. Meneese was a big fat man, and Mrs. Meneese was bent over terribly. They were having a rough time, and she would work all … Continue reading →

“Miss Pattie McGlathery lived down the street on Walthall Street with her mother. Mrs. Telfair said that after her mother died, Miss Pattie set her place at the dinner table every day. After hearing this I was sure that Mrs. … Continue reading →

“There were always a lot of people walking past the house and stopping to chat with any of us who happened to be on the porch or in the front yard. Most everyone who worked up town walked to work, … Continue reading →