I believe this is in the tiny town of Beauregard (Lee County), Alabama, nothing to do with Atlanta at all.
I thought The Independent did better basic fact checking than this, but maybe I haven’t read it in awhile. (And it does seem like a lot has happened there over the past years…)
Also, just a deeply sad story 💜
I will have to give it a try, thank you so much for future hearty meals 🧡 and I can’t turn down easy to make!
How’s your Christmas going, Lady?
Warm thoughts and hoping you can find a quiet moment to breathe.
Omgosh that looks like such a satisfying and filling dish! What kind of starch do you normally use?
It’s somehow turned out really lovely! Most of the holiday stuff is done, lots of laughter and smiles and hugs from friends and family, and today is just a quiet day watching Christmas movies 😁
I’m so deeply grateful to have this love and warmth in my life, even if it’s only for now. It wasn’t so many years ago that I had much much less, and that may be the case in the near future too, so I’m trying to hold on to all the goodness I can!
Disc film cameras had such cool form factors! I’ve heard the quality was pretty low since they were 10mmx8mm, is that your experience too?
I love the spectrum of responses!
My own friends are almost all carrying some high stress situation or other, but I think we’re pretty good at supporting each other when need be (especially me and my bestie).
Curious, do you prefer liquid or powder? (I like the convenience of powder a lot, but dang if some of those fancy liquid ones go on nice)
Hmmm… Probably eye liner! I feel like my face looks so different without it 😂
If you just had to pick one colour, what would it be?
I was expecting that part to be short, but I was still taken aback by exactly how short!
How did you feel about the fried shrimp surprise?
I hope that it is bearable and you have what you need 💜
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Now I’m super curious what a Christmas do entails!
That sounds very transformative, I hope you get what you need and want from it!
Not working during my only vacation time off this year. I’ll still feel the temptation because a lot of bad things could happen while I’m gone, but they’ll just have to wait until after Christmas!
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Thanks much! ❤️
Even my community college American history class in 2002 (just an hour south of Atlanta) was chock full of Lost Cause nonsense.
I didn’t even recognize it at the time since it was the same stuff my dad taught me. He was a really smart guy who read a lot of history and was particularly interested in the Civil War, so I didn’t have a lot of reason to question things until later when I learned what the Lost Cause actually was.
It was always tied up in so many family stories too, and the idea of those 'damn yankees and carpet baggers", it was a part of my identity and history. It was just all around me, like the air, and so it was weird and kinda hard to unlearn that stuff, but not unwelcome.
I think maybe folks raised outside the south don’t see all that stuff, how that culture permeates everything. Or maybe they think it’s just a bunch of stupid rednecks who’ve never picked up a book, I’m never quite sure 😅
At least the more modern textbooks I’ve seen do a much better job at telling the proper story!