LOVE Archives - Page 10 of 17 - Ellen Morris Prewitt

Now, Now, Now!

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on August 1, 2018. Posted in General, GRIEF, LOVE, Writing. No Comments on Now, Now, Now!

Today, today, today! Time to buy TRACKING HAPPINESS: A SOUTHERN CHICKEN ADVENTURE AUGUST 1st: Time TO BUY TRACKING HAPPINESS: A SOUTHERN CHICKEN ADVENTURE has arrived! E-BOOK PAPERBACK BOTH ON AMAZON For you go-getters who’ve already bought into Lucinda’s antics, TODAY IS THE DAY TO POST A REVIEW! Join others who’ve found Lucinda’s...

What Makes a Good Book?

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 29, 2018. Posted in General, GRIEF, LOVE, Writing. 2 Comments on What Makes a Good Book?

A good book should remind you of another book you really loved. Ellen’s incredible imagination, keen wit, perceptive knowing, and spoofy style is reminiscent of John Kennedy Tooles’ “The Confederacy of Dunces,” as she captures the delightful craziness of small-town Mississippi life. Amazon review It should have values you share. gritty...

What IS a Goat-Doping Scandal?

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 20, 2018. Posted in General, GRIEF, LOVE, Writing. No Comments on What IS a Goat-Doping Scandal?

Enjoy this excerpt from TRACKING HAPPINESS: A SOUTHERN CHICKEN ADVENTURE where Lucinda Mae’s amazing train trip is interrupted by a phone call from her mama Rita Rae and her mama’s boyfriend Clyde Higgenbotham. Turns out, back home in Edison, Mississippi, gossip is flying about Lucinda’s poor dead daddy’s role in the local...

Ladies in Waiting

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 13, 2018. Posted in General, GRIEF, LOVE. 1 Comment on Ladies in Waiting

At the end of the dock on Ocean Isle Beach, three ladies sit. They are waiting on the moon. Together in their small southern town, they were high school friends, skinny as bean poles all. Waved and curled in the 1940’s style, their group was “It.” Now they’ve spread. Not spread as in, “You gaining weight, or are you just starting to spread?”...

What Makes a Bandwagon so Enticing?

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 10, 2018. Posted in General, LOVE, Writing. No Comments on What Makes a Bandwagon so Enticing?

As they said in the 1950s when twin beds gave way to the double, “It is proving VERY popular.” Y’all are buying and reading and sharing photos of your very own copies of TRACKING HAPPINESS: A SOUTHERN CHICKEN ADVENTURE. That tickles me to no end. Your smiling faces, your wonderful support—thank you, thank you! “I personally...

Spilling Forth Your Talents

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 5, 2018. Posted in FASHION, GOD, GRIEF, HOMELESSNESS, LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. No Comments on Spilling Forth Your Talents

I’m working on it, I promise!!! (Photographed at The Buttercup, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi)

DIY Saturday

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 30, 2018. Posted in General, GRIEF, LOVE, Writing. No Comments on DIY Saturday

I needed a place to read my Walter Mosley mystery so I put together the porch cot. My summer afternoon Coleman reading cot The last two years, I’ve put together lots of furniture in this house. Some of it was easier than others, like these pieces: My claw foot writing table A canvas sink/champagne holder A sextant lamp Others...

Want Me to Magically Sign Your Book?

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 27, 2018. Posted in General, GRIEF, LOVE, Writing. 2 Comments on Want Me to Magically Sign Your Book?

Have I told you about the time I was at a book launch for my beloved mentor Rebecca McClanahan where I found myself seated on a sofa and a woman with the most pronounced South Carolina low country drawl I’d ever heard leaned over and said, “My huzzzz-band wrote Riiiiising Tide,” and I realized the man seated next to me was John Barry, the author...

Top Ten Reasons to Buy Tracking Happiness

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 25, 2018. Posted in General, LOVE, Writing. 6 Comments on Top Ten Reasons to Buy Tracking Happiness

Lord, why do I want you to buy my book? What’s so important within the (amazingly awesome) covers that justifies your spending $13.99 for a print book or $3.99 for an ebook? I mean, why does this book matter, other than the fact that it’s mine? Top Ten Reasons to Buy TRACKING HAPPINESS: A SOUTHERN CHICKEN ADVENTURE (From Worst to Best) 10....

The Enduring Legend of the Midnight Gardner

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 22, 2018. Posted in General, LOVE. 6 Comments on The Enduring Legend of the Midnight Gardner

When I left Mississippi, I lost the Midnight Gardner. In the middle of the night, he would arrive. The next morning, on my way to work, when I locked the door behind me, a small brown paper bag with a crumpled neck waited on the hood of my car. Inside the bag tumbled tomatoes. The tomatoes might be a little wormy or spotted with yellow patches,...