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Healthy choices during the holidays

The holidays are upon us once again, and that probably means there will be an abundance of goodies ...

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The University Greys: Brown’s book and opera

By Jack Mayfield Sense of Place During the time I was writing about the saga of the University ...

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Seasonal community open houses and markets abound

The Christmas Holiday season is in full swing and three annual events that are held traditionally at this ...

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Tree farmer remembers Christmastime fondly

Christmas is just around the corner. As Charlie Brown once said, “Any kind of natural tree will do ...

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L.Q.C. Lamar elected back to Congress in 1873

With the Congressional elections this past week, I thought I would pass along some historical data on Lamar’s ...

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Oxford artist has been painting for 40 years

Dirk van Oostendorp, 82, has always had a keen artistic eye for his surroundings. Recently, one of his ...

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Campus housing a problem for the university post WWII

By Jack Mayfield Sense of Place Each year when the University of Mississippi opens up for the fall ...

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‘So fearful a noise’ — Rebel Yell

By Jack Mayfield One thing that most people in the SEC do at a game had its origin ...

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Centers of rural life now just memories

A few weeks ago, I made reference to an extinct town across Sardis Lake on the north side ...

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Turkey, pumpkin pie and cousins

Not everyone has brothers or sisters and for years I’ve been trying to figure out if that’s good ...

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Col. James Gordon — ‘a gentleman of the old school’

Last week I wrote about a new dormitory on campus constructed in 1909 and an “official” Homecoming was ...

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Finding snakes, hornbills and love in Rumbai

By Joanne Wilkinson Home and Abroad After teaching for three years in Caracas, Venezuela, I felt it was ...

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Ole Miss’ first alumni homecoming – circa 1909

A week removed from this year’s homecoming festivities at the university, I thought I might give you a ...

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No need to spoil cats; they’ll eat anything

Some cats get lasagna, but my cats don’t. I grew up with dogs, outdoor dogs, that ate scraps. ...

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Mayfield: DAR honors Revolutionary War veteran

By Jack Mayfield I want to tell you the story of one earliest immigrant to Oxford. He holds ...

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Being ‘next in line’ can make one appreciate life

Remember all the times you heard the words: “Next in Line.” You might have been at City Grocery ...

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Sometimes faith is all we have to cling to

It’s Sunday morning, September 11, 2016 and I’ve been watching TV coverage of the fifteenth anniversary of the ...

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Being born in the ‘90s makes it hard to remember the ‘90s

Growing up in the post-millennial age, I was always told my generation are the kids of the ‘90s. ...

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Sailing on the ‘Oxford Ocean’ in the ‘Ring Dove’

By Jack Mayfield Most “old folks” in Oxford remember a house boat that William Faulkner and his close ...

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Jack Mayfield on history: Chancellor’s loyalty questioned

While doing some reading on Oxford and the University of Mississippi on the eve of the Civil War, ...

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Meet Frazier: Good dog looking for good home

Don’t feel too bad for Frazier. He has a good dog heart and a forgiving soul. A new, ...

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Dr. P.W. Rowland and the ‘frog story’ a local favorite

Back in 1936, Dr. Peter Whitman Rowland, a local drug store owner and University of Mississippi School of ...

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