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Delane Melton

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The Southern Voice

What Comes to Mind When I Think of a Grandmother?

I looked up the word “grandmother.” The online dictionary defines it as the mother of one’s mother or father. Sometimes, a definition is…

2d ago

What Comes to Mind When I Think of a Grandmother?

2d ago

Delane Melton
in
The Southern Voice

Aunt Bee

I was blessed with aunts who adored all children, were fabulous cooks, and welcomed anyone and everyone into their well-kept homes. They…

4d ago

Aunt Bee

4d ago

Delane Melton
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The Southern Voice

Discarding Anything — Not in My Wheelhouse

If you want to know how many possessions you have, many of which you may have forgotten, just pack up for a move. The boxes in our attic…

Jul 13

Discarding Anything — Not in My Wheelhouse

Jul 13

Delane Melton
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The Southern Voice

Pushed Over the Edge

Our older son, John, who is now a proud grandfather, was a happy little boy. With difficulties at birth, the odds of his survival were slim…

Jul 6

Pushed Over the Edge

Jul 6

Delane Melton
in
The Southern Voice

Beautiful Spanish Moss

You’ve seen it in scenes from movies like The Notebook and Forest Gump, and it immediately indicates that the film’s setting is Southern.

Jul 3

Beautiful Spanish Moss

Jul 3

Delane Melton
in
The Southern Voice

Designing Women

On a Monday night in 1986, we heard the song “Georgia on My Mind” and were treated to the first episode of a television show that would…

Jul 2

Designing Women

Jul 2

Delane Melton
in
The Southern Voice

The Dog Days of Summer

In the days before air conditioning was affordable or even available to most homes, summer days were spent in the sun-scorched fields or…

Jun 29

The Dog Days of Summer

Jun 29

Delane Melton
in
The Southern Voice

The Biltmore Estate — Connecting the Vanderbilts to the South

Tucked away from the busy streets of Asheville, North Carolina, sits a summer house the owner lovingly called his “little Mountain Escape”…

Jun 27

The Biltmore Estate — Connecting the Vanderbilts to the South

Jun 27

Delane Melton
in
The Southern Voice

I saw the Beatles in Atlanta

In August of 1965, two months after my high school graduation, the most extraordinary thing happened, I saw the Beatles

Jun 25

I saw the Beatles in Atlanta

Jun 25

Delane Melton
in
The Southern Voice

Critters Without Shoulders

I apologize to those of you who may have experienced a hearing loss a few days ago. A long black snake decided to visit me, on my patio. My…

Jun 19

Critters Without Shoulders

Jun 19

Delane Melton

Delane Melton

I was born in Georgia. I love the South. I'm not a real writer but I have something to say. Maybe my true-life stories will brighten someone's day.

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