Ellen's Very Southern Voice

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Ex-lawyer, current writer. Committed swimmer. For better & worse, of the American South.
Words in Salvation South, Gulf Coast, Barrelhouse, Image, Brevity, etc. Pushcart Special Mention. Peter Taylor Fellow. Love Contemplative Writing. WHEN WE WERE MURDEROUS TIME-TRAVELING WOMEN releasing April 2026

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2025-04-15 23:15:42 UTC

ICE's disregard for whether the person they've apprehended is who they're looking for, whether the person is actually a criminal, whether they have any reason whatsoever to kidnap that particular person reminds me of lynching where the innocence of the victim really didn't matter--the message did.

2025-01-26 15:56:57 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2025-01-22 14:55:10 UTC

Everyone seemed suspended between that child-like reaction to "Snow!" and "What the hell is going on?" It's not supposed to snow like this in New Orleans. This wasn't a, "Oh, haha—New Orleans got a dusting of snow." We got almost 10 inches. I kept taking photos and the photos kept being outdated. The snow fell. All day. I couldn't see the end of my street. Dry snow, so little tree damage or lost power. Extra warming stations opened. We handled the snow like champs. But what the hell?
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2024-11-30 23:08:27 UTC

I had a TERRIBLE allergic reaction to a fire in the fireplace last night. Immediate bronchial cough. It's still there in my chest. I've never had that happen before...

2024-11-26 19:48:44 UTC

I bought new pajamas. They are flannel pajamas. The question is, do I wrap them up and give them to myself for Christmas?

2024-11-24 02:41:24 UTC

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!!!! If I could talk my husband into this...

2024-11-23 23:51:45 UTC

Speaking of Christmas, the 5 year old has requested we get him a Cheetah.

2024-11-22 14:28:57 UTC

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I read something not long ago about cross-pollination where you don't view jumping from project to project as a fault but as a boost to creativity. It is a bit disconcerting, though, when I thought I was well-planted in finishing this novel story....I admire your awareness to write the short story, get it out, and return.

2024-11-17 18:28:01 UTC

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This paints such a picture.

2024-11-16 21:13:57 UTC

Y'all ever had a cast cut off? They use a saw that sounds like a buzz saw. Loud electrical whining noise. ZZZZZ! It cut, and I could feel the pressure nearing my arm.
I yelped.
Or screamed?
I scelped.
After the doc stopped, he explained it cut by vibrations, and demonstrated against his skin how it couldn't cut skin.
"Would't been nice to know earlier, maybe," he said.
No shit, Sherlock.
#life

2024-10-26 22:27:32 UTC

FYI: I quit my WaPo subscription several years ago.
Today, I get an email newsletter from the WaPo claiming I wanted these Must Reads.
I did not.
So they are reaching out to former subscribers to try to lure us back. If you think Bezos doesn't care if you cancel your subscription or whatever, I would argue your subscription cancellations matter to the paper which he owns.
#WaPo #WashingtonPost

2024-10-03 00:59:00 UTC

Today in New Orleans, it was 96 degrees. Today in what is fall in New Orleans, the day began mild, but the temperature escalated. It's a bizarre arc. Today in the mountains of North Carolina, an area known as a "climate change haven," communities struggle. No power, no water, no internet. In the Atlantic, more storms are forming.

2024-09-13 16:23:06 UTC

#WordWeavers Where in the world would you send a loved one?
Ah, to New Orleans in October:
Summer heat in New Orleans was metallic. Now, in October, the heat was clear as glass. No humidity, and the scents less noisy. Geraniums in second bloom, okra in the yard, life was restored. The soggy became neat, the stinky fresh; a time when all of us—man, woman, and babbling child—believed the Saints would go all the way. New Orleans owned the fall, and my rag-tag group owned New Orleans.

2024-09-11 16:33:03 UTC

You want me to have proof of citizenship to vote by bringing in my birth certificate? My birth certificate doesn't have my married name on it, you misogynistic Republican jerks.

2024-09-11 03:28:47 UTC

I love Vice President Kamala Harris' personality.

2024-09-09 00:50:34 UTC

Yesterday I wore my Go Vols earrings.
They won.
Today I wore my Saints football helmet earrings.
They won.
I'm just saying.

2024-08-25 01:43:41 UTC

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Electricity! I hadn't thought of that. An avenue of inquiry....

2024-08-25 00:49:51 UTC

This last year, my hair has exploded in curls. I have done nothing new. No major diet changes. No different shampoo or conditioner. Just curls.
#Life

2024-08-23 21:16:12 UTC

My new motto: Live life so that you constantly need tetanus boosters.
#Life

2024-08-23 01:49:09 UTC

"In our house we joke that at 3, they became professional 2 year olds."
Amna Nawaz

2024-08-21 02:55:16 UTC

How much has changed since 2008. Michelle Obama talking straight up about Trump's racism.

2024-08-17 11:58:43 UTC

#WordWeavers Are real people ever the basis for characters in your story?
No. I learned nearly on that I couldn't do that. The characters remained flat. Never came alive. What's interesting to me is when readers believe a character is based on someone, which it never is. Our work is always a living thing in a reader's hands.

2024-08-13 02:24:25 UTC

I have an extreme sensitivity to repetitive sounds. Eating noises. Gum chewing. Tapping on an iPad. Brushing teeth. Misophonia, it's called. (It's so little known, spell check underlines it.) But I like the ticking of a clock. It's human noises I can't stand. When they happen, it makes it hard for me to think. I need it to stop. Why? Who knows. but it correlates with PTSD, which I have.
#Life

2024-08-13 00:44:04 UTC

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That's what's been so frustrating about this. I'm so diligent about doing it the way you're supposed to—spring and fall HVAC checkups, termite contract with 6 month inspections, etc—but thanks to incompetence, it didn't matter. C'est la vie.

2024-08-10 20:57:44 UTC

We had a great contemplative writing group retreat today. For so many, a writing practice is solitary. We write alone. Revise alone. When we think it's perfect, we ask someone to read it and tell us it's not. Writing in a supportive group, sharing your immediate fresh product, enjoying what others share--it's a different way of doing writing.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writers

2024-08-05 13:57:23 UTC

Also, I have an older friend who cannot send an email without at least one typo. He never corrects them. I admire that.