I know I missed posting to the blog last week, but here’s why: Prominent Night. Each year, our church, First Pentecostal Church of Jackson, hosts a formal affair for the high school seniors. The annual event began in 1989 under the direction of Rev. David Reever, who was the church’s…

When I moved to Mississippi from Texas in 1999, my real estate agent took it upon herself to not only introduce me to the local food (“Today we go to Old Fannin Mart because Thursdays are bread puddin’ day!”), but she also indoctrinated me in all the local garden pilgrimages.…