We are sweltering under the hot and humid July sun here in Arkansas. Too hot to swim in the pool unless you drive up Mt. Nebo where the air is cooler and the water is actually cold!!!
It's a great time, however, to catch up on your southern literature. I just finished Erskine Caldwell's classic Tobacco Road which is a fast and easy read. Reminds me of something my elderly father-in-law used to say, "Poor is as poor does." Hmmm... Read the book!
Other totally awesome selections are Sue Monk Kidd's The Mermaid Chair and The Secret Life of Bees and John Grisham's The Painted House.
Grisham's tale is set in the Arkansas delta, that part of the land which hugs the Mississippi River and is only across the bridge from Memphis. The delta is the birthplace of the blues, Elvis and Johnny Cash.
Check on this link for some down home sounds, and drink a glass of sweet tea for me...
http://feeds.revver.com/2.0/mrss/flash/collection/227789?affiliate=hairylarry
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