Muscadine Line's new issue just came out and I was pleasantly surprised to see that they ran an old memoir of mine in their archives section of the issue. It is called Those Summer Days When We Swam.
It is a story about my adventures swimming as a child with my best friends. Whether it was a lake, a pool or a mountain stream, we were always found in it. Here is an teaser...
"Practically any child who has lived in the country has had a favorite swimmin’ hole. They are a necessity, a respite from a hard day’s playing in the humidity of a southern summer. I was no different. Swimming was my favorite thing to do, and I jumped at any chance to go paddling or wading around in a clear creek, lake, or ocean.
"In the south though, you have to be careful where you swim. You can’t just jump in anywhere you want. Southern waters abound with snakes, especially the water moccasin. My grandmother, we called her Nanny, used to take my sister and me fishing at the river about a mile behind the farm. Its murky, slow-moving water was home to many of the reptilian creatures, with their wide-open mouths white as snow, their fangs deadly. We learned to stay out of their way and to check the trees close to the riverbank since they liked to hang from the branches. Needless to say, we didn’t swim in the river."
So y'all go check out Muscadine Lines. It is a great magazine of southern writing and has some talented writers showcased there. Tell 'em Dana sentcha.
Name: Dana
Location: Chicago, and if y'all call me a Yankee, I'll have to cyber-smack ya'!
I'm just a mom of two, a crafter of jewelry, and to keep my sanity among the Yankees (kidding)I write southern-themed poetry, short stories and memoirs. I have been published on the web on sites such as USA Deep South, Southern Humorists, Muscadine Lines - A Southern Journal, Mosaic Minds and Long Story Short. I am also a contributor in Dew on the Kudzu and Weight-Loss Articles.com where I write dieting humor.
And this is my blog... Kudzu, funny family stories, poems, family ghosts, snakes, sun-kissed southern memories all inside! Plus some travel reviews, recipes and more! I also make handcrafted jewelry! Check out my jewelry blog - Colors of the Woods
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I'm just a mom of two, a crafter of jewelry, and to keep my sanity among the Yankees (kidding)I write southern-themed poetry, short stories and memoirs. I have been published on the web on sites such as USA Deep South, Southern Humorists, Muscadine Lines - A Southern Journal, Mosaic Minds and Long Story Short. I am also a contributor in Dew on the Kudzu and Weight-Loss Articles.com where I write dieting humor.
And this is my blog... Kudzu, funny family stories, poems, family ghosts, snakes, sun-kissed southern memories all inside! Plus some travel reviews, recipes and more! I also make handcrafted jewelry! Check out my jewelry blog - Colors of the Woods
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