ONE NIGHT ONLY! My pop-up restaurant

Posted on May 30, 2017June 27, 2017 by Clay

On the evening of Friday, June 23, downtown McComb will buzz with the energy of Chez Clay, my one-night pop-up restaurant. Topisaw General Store…

Who knew?

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Clay

You really have to wonder how some people get through the day. I subscribe to Quora, an online forum where people ask questions…

Jenny, Riley and the thunder

Posted on May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 by Clay

We took in Jenny and Riley in 2012, after they had a spent a couple of years in the shelter. Best Friends was…

Culinary confession

Posted on May 15, 2017May 16, 2017 by Clay

I have a confession. It’s a food confession. There shouldn’t be a need to apologize for tastes in food. There are white meat…

Mississippi anaconda

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Clay

Did you ever step out of the shower — without your glasses, of course, because it would be odd indeed to shower with…

Day Three

Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 by Clay

I can’t pull my four-part series on Marine Corps basic training out from behind the Enterprise-Journal paywall* but I’ll share this picture, my…

The rappel tower

Posted on April 2, 2017April 4, 2017 by Clay

(Warning: Contains coarse language.) Heights have never bothered me very much. As a child, whenever my family would visit tourist attractions involving high…

Bad words III

Posted on March 27, 2017April 17, 2017 by Clay

Meticulous readers will know that I have weighed in before, and before that, on language that confuses or annoys me. I’ve mused about…

Posted on March 19, 2017March 19, 2017 by Clay

Southwest Mississippi business idea: an Azalea-combing service. Very soon after our glorious regional flora explode in color each spring, the flowers wilt and…