Tag: Southern sayings

Cattywampus and more

I’ve lived in the South long enough to believe I’ve heard all the uniquely Southern sayings ever uttered. Then came cattywampus. I am still a ….

“If brains were leather”

I love Southern accents, especially when paired with Southern sayings. To some, a Southern voice sounds dumb. But as they say down here, “Fool me ….

Bad things happened, an entire run of them that shut me down, caused me to withdraw from everything except my inner self.

One afternoon, in a hammock, I took a photo of myself. Just my legs. But there was no one to send it to. No one to understand.

I needed a sidekick so I sketched an armadillo because they’re crusty on the outside but not within. I made him my butler. Crusoe’s manservant Friday.

We began interacting—my hammock photo speaking to that critter, that critter speaking back.There’s a folder of cartoons somewhere. For now there’s just this one. (LINK)

Eventually after that I began writing novels.

I’m still a hermit, marooned you might say, but leaving my shell more and more—my inner self seeking its freedom through writing.