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The Southern Green Poke (Polk)

Christy Martin
August 12, 2022

I was weed eating a much-neglected fence row this past weekend when I spied something from my childhood. Now tall and spindly from the heat of the summer, pokeweed (also called polk and poke) was staring at me from the barbed wire in the partial shade of the afternoon. It brought back memories. I first…

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Sweet Tea; The Drink of the South

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Good Fortune Quickly Turns to Disaster

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A Walk Through Egypt at Emory

In 1979, all I knew of the Emory complex in Atlanta, Georgia, was Emory University, Egleston’s Children’s Hospital, Emory Hospital,…

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The Golden Era of TV, Southern Style

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Three Amazing Rock Bands, One Incredible Rock Show

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The Pride of Lawrenceville, Inside the Ring and Out

When he entered this world, nothing about who he was would have led anyone to predict his future. With what…

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Did a Pig Really Start America’s Most Famous Feud?

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