Southern Roots Magazine

29/03/2021

COVID-19 did a number on us. We're back on track and accepting submissions again.

Discover Your Southern Roots To understand your roots, you must first understand the soil and environment in which those roots pe*****te. What breaks the surface is simply a product of how those roots were nurtured, what they endured, how they survived, and what they continue to contribute. History,...

17/07/2020

Pine Trees by Tally Harbour Clifton had a problem with pine trees. To say that he did not care very much for them would be quite the understatement. The truth was that he despised pine trees. It might have had something to do with his mental condition. “Slightly schizophrenic” was his psychiatrist’s diagnosis. But Clifton would probably have denied that his illness had anything to do with his negative feelings toward these conifers. [ 1,083 more word ]

Clifton didn’t care much for his benefactor, either. In fact, he detested Uncle Buck every bit as much as Uncle Buck detested him. Yes, he hated the old man—almost as much as he hated pine trees.

09/04/2020

COVID-19: the fear ...the hope by Alana Sparrow Broughton. We do know some of the data has changed since this piece, but because the data changes daily anyway, we decided to publish because of the good, solid information. I don't think I'm smarter than anybody else, but I have been listening to people talk who are way smarter than most and here's what I learned, listening to a bunch of doctor interviews and wanted to share what I have gathered for anyone interested. [ 638 more words ]

COVID-19: the fear ...the hope by Alana Sparrow BroughtonWe do know some of the data has changed since this piece, but because the data changes daily anyway, we decided to publish because of the good, solid information. I don't think I'm smarter than anybody else, but I have been listening to people...

30/03/2020

The Bell Witch in Alabama by Dr. Alan Brown The story of the Bell Witch is one of the American Southeast’s best-known legends. In 1804, John Bell moved from Halifax County, North Carolina, to one hundred acres of land near a settlement that later came to be known at Adams Station. Over the next decade, John and his wife spent most of their time working on the farm and raising their eight children. [ 695 more words ]

The Bell Witch in Alabama by Dr. Alan BrownThe story of the Bell Witch is one of the American Southeast’s best-known legends. In 1804, John Bell moved from Halifax County, North Carolina, to one hundred acres of land near a settlement that later came to be known at Adams Station. Over the next dec...

30/03/2020

In this time of uncertainty and instability ...just breathe .... yoga instructor Alana Sparrow Broughton shows you how.

http://www.southernrootsmag.com/breathe-just-breathe/

11/02/2020

by Rod Barfield “Bobby, you better git in here ‘fore the Rapture comes and leaves you behind!” I had just pitched a rock at some mangy old dog trotting up Hedgepeth Street. Or, at some drunk bobbing and weaving his way on our turf. It didn’t matter the offense, Granny Lilly was quick to invoke the apocalypse for major and minor failings. [ 869 more words ]

"Leave that animal 'lone fore she bites yore hand off!" she would command in her reedy voice. "Alright, she's gone bite you!"

27/01/2020

Southern Writer Lee Smith

Southern Writers stand out for a reason. Here's only one of them.

27/01/2020

MOVING INTO THE NEW YEAR by Virginia Dawkins “I wish for those I love this New Year an opportunity to earn sufficient, to have that which they need for their own and to give that which they desire to others, to bring into the lives of those about them some measure of joy, to know the satisfaction of work well done, of recreation earned and therefore savored, to end the year a little wiser, a little kinder and therefore a little happier.” –Eleanor Roosevelt… [ 378 more words ]

MOVING INTO THE NEW YEAR by Virginia Dawkins"I wish for those I love this New Year an opportunity to earn sufficient, to have that which they need for their own and to give that which they desire

24/01/2020

Join our publisher/editor, Richelle Putnam!

Hope you'll join this show and Jean's other shows highlighting "Creative Expressions of Love. https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/121105/creative-expressions-of-love

Dare to Dream. Dare to Discover. Dare to D

Our human connection is enriched through kindness and creative expressions of love. Our gifts and talents spread light and help others shine their light even brighter. Our Guest, Richelle Putnam is a singer, songwriter, teaching artist and author. She plays an assortment of instruments including the...

06/01/2020

Straw Man We wanted to mulch the flower beds around our first home, a small rancher in a 1980s subdivision, but we wanted pine straw, not dark black or brown mulch that smelled like manure our neighbors used and we smelled when we were down wind to their home. My wife had the notion her dad, a regional Agricultural broker, could get us some reddish long leaf pine straw from Southern Georgia, and we could make the eight hour drive to get a few bails. [ 470 more words ]

I've often heard that communication is the key to success in any organization and I believe that could also be the key to success in families.