sussy Archives - Robin Dance

South Carolina, Surcees and Toldja So

by Robin | Sep 2, 2015 | Uncategorized

J’adore this map of state-by-state slang on slate.com. I would strongly beg to differ on the words chosen for Georgia (dingnation?) and Tennessee (whirlygust??) having lived in each state for more than a decade, but South Carolina, home to my...

Love and gifts

by Robin | Mar 30, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Europe, Family, Favorite things, Memoir, Personal, Photos, Travel

From the beginning, I considered the opportunity to live abroad for a short while a God-gift… …life circumstance preceding my husband's job offer only underscored that truth. The delights and challenges about which I speculated have all come to...

Are you a believer in “it’s the thought that counts”…?

by Robin | Dec 11, 2009 | (in)courage, Personal

One of my favorite gifts ever received was a box of Kleenex. It was winter and I had a cold, in college and broke, and while the dorm bathroom toilet paper might have been two-ply, to my red and raw nose it more closely resembled sandpaper than pillowy...

Surcie? Cercie? Sursee? Circi? Searcy? Sussy? Sirsee? Surcy? No matter how you spell it…

by Robin | Jul 31, 2007 | Personal, Southern, y'all, Surcies, Sursees, Cercies, TREATS!

Click to subscribe to receive free updates – please & thank you!! Surcie IS a word, and if you receive one, it will make your day decidedly better. “Surcie” is a word introduced to me in college by my then new-found best...