Tales From Jackson — Simple Grits

Papa John Charles

Papa John Charles

St. Martinville, LA
Love those trousers, then and now.

Non-fiction, FamilyLydia CharlesOctober 13, 2021St. Martinville

Save Our African American Treasures

Save Our African American Treasures

A long time ago, I piloted a vision into a national program for NMAAHC.

SmithsonianLydia CharlesJanuary 26, 2021

Have Mask, Will Travel...One Day Again

Have Mask, Will Travel...One Day Again

Pandemic Times

MississippiLydia CharlesNovember 5, 2020

'2020, goddamn'

'2020, goddamn'

“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.”
Or, cracks. Or, catches. Or, when hot tears well-up from rage and frustration.

Lydia CharlesSeptember 19, 20202020

Silver lining, bourbon back.

Silver lining, bourbon back.

Bravo! Happy Hour

MississippiLydia CharlesSeptember 15, 2020Tales from Jackson

Building Design and Gendered Spaces

Building Design and Gendered Spaces

Charlotte Capers led the Mississippi Department of Archives and history from 1955 to 1969. The Ladies’ Room in the photo is steps away from the Director’s Office. I’d argue, another indication of gendered space design as the Director was a woman when the structure was built.

Capers Building, MississippiLydia CharlesAugust 3, 2020

Road Home

Road Home

Annie travels to Palm Springs to say good-bye to her mother, Catherine.
Carmen battles New Orleans’s Road Home program.

Fiction, Characters and Dialogue, New OrleansLydia CharlesJune 19, 2020

On quarantine.

On quarantine.

Uncle Ray.

MississippiLydia CharlesJune 13, 2020Capers Building

My Hero

My Hero

Mom and Wilma Rudolph. Grandma’s backyard. Baton Rouge. 1961.

Non-fiction, FamilyLydia CharlesJune 10, 2020Published

I know, son.

I know, son.

Mississippi, Characters and DialogueLydia CharlesMay 29, 2020Tales from Jackson

Sample Post #3

Sample Post #3

Laura Beth LottApril 29, 2020

Flying Nemesis

Flying Nemesis

MississippiLydia CharlesApril 16, 2020Tales from Jackson

New applications of old words.

New applications of old words.

Lydia CharlesApril 16, 2020

Ashtray, by design.

Ashtray, by design.

Americans once worked in a cloud of smoke.

Non-fiction, MississippiLydia CharlesOctober 29, 2019Capers Building, Tales from Jackson

19th Century Lobbyist

19th Century Lobbyist

Mr. Smith Robertson

Mississippi, Non-fictionLydia CharlesMay 27, 2019Farrish Street, Tales from Jackson

James Patterson | Alternative Mississippi

James Patterson | Alternative Mississippi

No, not that James Patterson.

Non-fiction, MississippiLydia CharlesDecember 7, 2018Alternative Mississippi

Summertime Downtown

Summertime Downtown

Mississippi Museum of Art

MississippiLydia CharlesJune 21, 2018

Lazy “YOK”

Lazy “YOK”

San Antonio, TX Cultural Project

Non-fictionLydia CharlesNovember 15, 2017

Lou's Full Serv

Lou's Full Serv

View from the bar.

MississippiLydia CharlesNovember 9, 2017Tales from Jackson

There are good things to feel.

There are good things to feel.

Katie Eubanks. Celebrating five years cancer free.

Mississippi, Non-fictionLydia CharlesSeptember 30, 2017Tales from Jackson