The smell of grass after it rains. Mississippi State Football. Tailgating. Walking around campus on a Fall or Spring day. Cock of the Walk. Mammaw's old backyard. Scamp. Molly. My mom. Aunt Patti's old house on Camellia Trail. Driving through Carthage to get to Jackson instead of taking the bypass. Driving around the cones to sneak on the bypass so not to have to go through Carthage to get to Jackson. Magnolia trees. Pecan tassies. Chocolate pies. Picking blackberries. Watching the rain "dance" down the street in Green Brier. Seeing Hayley's Comet. Thunderstorms with the windows and doors wide open. Mississippi State Basketball. The Chicken Basket in Louisville. Mae West dolls. Ivory soap. Patches (aka Little Bit). Nanny's sweet tea in aluminum cups. Papaw on the porch swing. That damn rooster. Aunt Mary's VW bug. Dave's Dark Horse Tavern. John's grocery. The old Highway 82 bridge on the way to Columbus. West Point. Miss Pat's Playhouse taking me to see E.T. Harvey's cheese sticks. Left Field Lounge. Dorman Hall. Gulf Shores. Dauphin Island Ferry. 8 Flags and Beauvoir on the Coast. Uncle Keith. Little Caesar's pizza pizza. King's Quest. Washington Street. Blackjack Road. Switches. Tornado drills. Walking through wet grass barefoot. Jumping in leaves. Riding a bike for hours without getting tired or bored. Atari 2600. Haunted houses. Getting anywhere by walking on the train tracks. Aunt Jean. The hummingbirds coming back every year to Mammaw's house in Brandon. Granddaddy's "Squirrel and the Helicopter" joke. The Round Table restaurant. Shoney's. Baskin Robbins. Whirlpool baths. King of the mountain. Peas and cornbread. Noxubee Refuge. Oby's french fries. Pink flamingos. Blue recliner. Neil Young. James Taylor. Martha Ford. Mama Clara's house. Winston cigarettes (dad). Unc. Daddy Dan. Aunt Sis. Aunt Charlotte's pool. Dixie. Feeling safe. Family.Love.
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