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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Occasional yaupon



"...I want to know about the occasional
Yaupon and everything..."

From "The Vicarious Experience" by Pattiann Rogers

2 comments:

R.L. Bourges said...

1.Memories are made of this: when we lived in the Florida Panhandle, I used to gather branches of yaupon as decoration for the house. Gorgeous pic, Lori.
2.the poem (and the poet): one more for my bookmarks
3. and since I can't leave empty-handed, this for you:
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/9_01/9_25_01/back_then.shtml
(the Indian "black drink" was news to me; maybe others know more about it?)
best

Steve Reed said...

Lee's blog sent me here, and I'm so glad I came. Your last several posts are beautiful and thought-provoking. (Can we really hold onto joy at all?)

Even though I grew up in the South, I'm not sure I ever really knew what Yaupon was, though I'd heard the name...