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By Walt Grayson September 2026

One of my recollections about going from August into September was tearing a page off the calendar.

tassels of corn against a blue sky
Mississippi Seen

Gardens: Then and Now

By Walt Grayson August 2026

We’ve had a wet summer this year — especially in the south half of Mississippi.

a us flag at night backlit by fireworks in the distance
Mississippi Seen

Happy 250th!

By Walt Grayson July 2026

Are there things you’ve heard in passing that stuck with you for no reason?

a small shed like building with a sign saying "The Hodge Homestead's Tiny Store"
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On your honor

By Walt Grayson June 2026

If you go back to the April edition of Today in Mississippi, you will find my April Fool’s Day story about Jack Elliott’s “Moon Man of Kilgore Hills.”

an old house built up on stilts with a white sign with text painted in red and black saying "Dockery Farms. Est. 1895 by Will Dockery 1865-1936. Joe Rice Dockery 1906-1962"
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Our kind of music

By Walt Grayson May 2026

If Mississippi is the “Birthplace of America’s Music,” then Dockery Plantation is the delivery room.

illustration graphic of a purple cow being abducted by a ufo
Mississippi Seen

My foolish ways

By Walt Grayson April 2026

After a fruitless search for the origin of April Fool’s Day, I have concluded that it is foolish to continue looking.

a man and a child on a field flying a red kite
Mississippi Seen

Spring’s in the Air

By Walt Grayson March 2026

It’s kite flying season, although I haven’t flown a kite in years.

a cottage like building on the edge of a cliff side viewed from below, a water wheel and waterfall to the right
Mississippi Seen

Modern Connections

By Walt Grayson February 2026

Occasionally, I hear from some of my old friends from high school or college.

man silhouetted with time passing imagery
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Knowing what you don’t know

By Walt Grayson January 2026

“If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d taken better care of myself.”

Mississippi Seen

Endings and Beginnings

By Walt Grayson December 2025

When exactly does the Christmas season begin?

a singular lemon on a vine
Mississippi Seen

When life gives you a lemon

By Walt Grayson November 2025

The photograph accompanying this column is the sum total of my agricultural harvest for 2025.

dirt road winds between two muddy hills
Mississippi Seen

Things that Sing Bump in the Night

By Walt Grayson October 2025

We are putting together this year’s “A Mississippi Carol” Christmas show for WJTV.

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