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Sep

Recollections from the Composing Room: The Scrapbook of E. R. Calhoun (1870–1943)

A 52-week dispatch from the vanishing oral history of the Deep South.

22 Sep 2026

7 min read

10

Jul

Homecoming and Storytelling October 2006

This adventure began, as so many others have, with an extended car trip in the fall of 2006. I was

10 Jul 2026

20 min read

10

Jul

Anne Ousley Hoadley

Before beginning this story, I'll take a moment to help the reader sort through family ties. The Ousley

10 Jul 2026

10 min read

10

Jul

1999 Allen and Ousley Reunions

The Allen reunion falls on the first Sunday in June (June 6, 1999) and was held at the old Bethel

10 Jul 2026

12 min read

10

Jul

Vira

Vira was a cat, my first. Around mid June, 1999, she began showing up on Trebeck Lane. She would hang

10 Jul 2026

1 min read

10

Jul

A Late Season Dove Hunt

In October 1998, when I suggested a late–season, dove hunt, no one in the Saturday morning skeet group seemed

10 Jul 2026

5 min read

10

Jul

And then there were 6

Evelyn Ousley Bailey passed away at 7:20 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 1998, in the Jefferson Towers Intensive

10 Jul 2026

8 min read

10

Jul

A Table, Four Chairs, and Chapels

Chapels What is this about, and why write about it? This is about a vacation trip to Greece (summer 1997)

10 Jul 2026

42 min read

10

Jul

Light Fingers in the Underground Atlanta, Ga 1995

"Papa Monk said someone stole Uncle Lamar's wallet," said April Beddingfield. At 15, April could have

10 Jul 2026

8 min read

10

Jul

New Orleans 1994

Others may disagree, but I believe there are only four cities in the United States: New Orleans, San Francisco, San

10 Jul 2026

14 min read