southernisms Archives

Flustrated ‘splanations

by Robin | Mar 2, 2010 | Blissdom, Blogging, Compassion Bloggers, Personal, Videos

You know how you can talk about your brother, but Nellie-bar-the-door if anyone else does 'cause you're gonna have to put a hurtin' on 'em? That's how I feel about my Southern brethren…and sisteren, I suppose. "Flustrated" is...

Song of the South

by Robin | Jan 29, 2010 | Favorite things, Southern, y'all, Twitter

I love being from the South. I feel sorry for people who, by virtue of birth, don't share this clear geographical advantage. I feel sorrier for the people who feel sorry for me for thinking it's something special to have been born in the...

What “blesses YOUR heart”?

by Robin | Oct 15, 2009 | Advice, Encouragement, Family, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Home, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos

What are the little, almost ignorable things that touch you…that can turn a frown upside down and absolutely make your day? It's almost a joke in my home, the teensy things that "bless" me. {This is more a Southernism than a spiritual...