Partial to Home: The bespoke Ms. Swift

Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Linda Swift sits in front of a large picture window with sagging Venetian blinds and sews.

Ask Rufus: In 1819 this was Columbus, Alabama

In a week the Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration will kick off in Columbus.

Lynn Spruill: Streets with personality

Starkville has benefited recently from a number of changes to street designs.

Possumhaw: A squirrel in hand

The morning temperatures dropped into the low 70's and we were able to sit on the porch under the twirling ceiling fans. It was lovely for a few days following an awfully blistering summer. A couple of hummingbirds

Partial to home: Moonrise over Friendship Cemetery

Thursday evening while paddling on the river, I looked up at the moon and thought of Ansel Adams. Adams, you may know, was a photographer of the American West -- arguably the photographer of the American West -- known for his black-and-white prints that rivaled the grandeur of the landscapes they depicted.

Ask Rufus: Intruders in the Chickasaw Nation

It's interesting how projects and research often end up overlapping.

Lynn Spruill: Looking for an upside to 9-11

We all lost something valuable that day. It was just a matter of the degree.

Possumhaw: Chicken at the Shell station

A couple of weeks ago, a Prairie neighbor, Kathy, said she was passing the Shell Station on the new road while talking on her cell phone when she noticed a banty hen, a real one, standing under the big sign that says "Chix-Fried Chicken."

Partial to Home: Two angels reeking of alcohol

Out of the blue comes an email from Larry Studdard. If you qualify for a senior discount at the picture show, went to high school in the area and paid attention to the sports pages of that time, you need no introduction.

Leonard Pitts: A postcard from post-factual America

"Why haven't you reported that Colin Kaepernick's actions are due to his radical Muslim beliefs? Why are you covering this up?"

Ask Rufus: Horse Hunter

In Noxubee County, east of Brooksville, flows Horse Hunters Creek.

Slimantics: State's budget crisis requires the people's attention

It is easy, often tempting, to ignore the machinations of our state government.

Possumhaw: Mystery of the furling flag

Sometimes it's like other people know something I don't. Like maybe I didn't get the password or learn the secret handshake.

Editorial cartoon for 9-6-16

Partial to Home: A beige Corvette

Wednesday afternoon, as my grandson and I waited on milkshakes at Jack's, a man walked up and started telling us about his '61 Corvette.

Ask Rufus: At the prairie's edge

Friday I attended the opening of the Mossy Oak Golf Course. Though not having played golf in years, I have been interested in the Mossy Oak course because it is a links course returning to golf's Scottish heritage. It is an absolutely beautiful course planted with native prairie grasses, and the roughs filled with prairie wild flowers. Except for greens and sand traps, the landscape was basically unaltered.

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