Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad! I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday. Here is an essay from my favorite hometown newspaper, the Jackson, Miss., Free Press. It involves a liberal independent newspaper's staff, a few holiday drinks, Lee Greenwood, and a local National Guard battalion. I hope Donna Ladd, the editor of the paper and the author of the column, wins an award for her lovely piece.

Comments

[Franki]

Merry Christmas to you!
Thanks for sharing the link to the essay. Loved it. A good way to start the day!
Have a great holiday!

[Elaine Magliaro]

Merry Christmas, Susan!
Thanks for the link to the essay.

[Susan]

Thanks, Franki and Elaine.

[wisteria]

Merry Christmas!

[Susan]

And the same to you, Wisteria! One of these days I'll get to stay a bit longer in the old home state. Soon, the family and I go home with many gifts, a couple of fire-ant bites (on me), and some lovely memories. And thoughts of Weight Watchers. (It was the chocolate pie that almost did me in.)

I don't know her, but I think Donna Ladd, whose essay I mentioned, is from your neck of the woods originally.

[jules]

Happy holidays to you!

[Susan]

And to you, too, Jules! We enjoyed our Southern sojourn. Cheese grits twice in one week--you can't beat that.