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Back Porch
Contents and Contributors
Spring 1997
NONFICTION It’s Roses, Roses, Roses..............4
Daia Bisnette, no newcomer to Back Porch, is a freelance writer, photographer and seamstress, she lives in Bay St. Louis.
Gulf Coast’s Spring Pilgrimage -an Informal History with Up to Date Information............................14
Patti Wilson (Mrs. Donald Wilson) is co-chairman of the 50th Annual Spring Pilgnmage of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Council of Garden Clubs Inc. Mrs. John Burgess is Chairman. Patti is also chairman of the 1997 Long Beach, MS Pilgnmage.
Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum.................................23
Margaret Clevenger is a wnter of nonfiction articles as well as an accomplished photographer Her own pictorial work accompanies this article. She has been published in the Montgomery Advertiser and the Atlanta Journal.
OLD TIMEY WAYS AND DAYS Steam and Dreams of the Past..........28
Edward E. Cox, Sr. is interested in many facets of Life. Traveling to battlefields and histoncal sites, he wntes for several newspapers A Civil War Reenactor, he speaks about history. Hobbies are steam trains and looking for relics of the past.
Stinky Curls and A Shrinking Dress____33
Cannai Ilene Mullins is a free-lance artist and lias art work published in several newspapers and magazines. She also paints, sculpts, and is working on a mural for a baptismal at Hambuig Baptist Church as well as a children’s book. Her own illustration is used with this story.
The Dance.............................39
June B. Lands, onginally from Alabama, is a member of the River City Writers in Ponte Vedra Beach, Honda. Having wntten semi-senously for only 3-4 years, she has been published in the Florida Times Union in Jacksonville and has read some of her work on public radio there.
FICTION The Gift..............................9
Connie (Corine A.) Jordan has answered God’s call into His ministry and moved from Mississippi to Broken Arrow, OK to study, train, and continue her writing as well. The Gift is her first story. We believe she will do well in both fields!
Bloom Where You’re Planted................11
Robin Kendle Parker’s work has appeared in several publications including ByLine, Good Old Days, Today’ 's Christian Woman, and Murderous Intent.
Fudge Frenzy..............................19
Kathleen Moore Joiner is an administrative assistant for Ducks Unlimited, Inc., a non-profit conservation oiganization. Her stones and poetry have appeared in magazines and anthologies. Her poetry has earned several awards.
Sunrise to Sunset.........................21
Margaret G. Gipson, of Camere, MS has wntten devodonals for The Baptist Record and an article for the Church Administration magazine. A retired church secretary, she wntes while continuing her creative wnting studies.
Pavarotti, Hot Dogs, and Country Music.....................................30
Jack C Kean III believes “want-to-be writers are much like puppies - starved for attention and love to be petted ” He writes about Southerners and their relationships with the places they are “from” as well as just for fun. He has been published in the Starkville Daily News and other places.
Vigilante.................................35
Robert F. Weaver, Jr. lives in Biloxi, MS and his work has won in contests in the area. Considering himself a “realistic optimist ” He finds it a “spirit-booster” that something he has wntten is worthy of bang read by “the public.”
POETRY The Easter Bunny’s Lament.................8
Gran’pa Joe Gould’s work has been published in Back Porch as well as other places. A retired Navy captain residing in Ocean Spnngs, MS, he didn’t mention how many gran’kids there are!
Inventory.................................17
Judith A. McFerren’s poetry, children’s verses, and a short play have been published She also writes and performs monologues and one-woman plays and is working on a novel. She resides in Memllville, Indiana
Buttercups, Yellow and l andfill._____20
Betty Sauls is a resident of Columbia, MS and must be a very cheerful, sunny person, judging from her work.
With Eyes Closed......................22
Spring of‘66..........................29
Maria Ercilla’s work is familiar to Back Porch readers and has been read in many publications including Cosmopolitan and Blue Moon She is marketing her novel.
Garage Sale...........................27
Gen DiGiovanni, a resident of Camere, MS, wntes poems, children’s stones, plays and essays. She has been published in Florida and has won awards in area contests
The Hummingbird.......................39
John Rumbley, of Montgomery, AL has seen his work appear in vanous U S publications as well as the Bntish journal Candelabrum. Excerpts from his letter are in the Letters, Letters, Letters column
ESSAY
The Great Junk Hunt...................26
Vernon R. Harris of Gulfport, MS spat many years in construction work and, since 1973, has wntten and sold stones to such markets as Mississippi, Army, Christian Standard, and Lutheran Journal.
COMMENTS FROM THE COAST Batde.................................18
Ted Leggett, now a resident of New Orleans, grew up in Gulfport. Lizards certainly abound in both places!
Sitting on the Back Porch.............40
Julie M. Yates of Gulfport enjoys writing. The photograph accompanying tins work was taken by Jill J. Easton of Long Beach, MS, an award winning outdoor writer and photographer Clayton Woelbe enjoys whittling on his back porch.
We invite short pieces and photos/art for Comments from the Coast, our newest feature for the last page