I think I’ve gotten most of the problem straightened out, though I suspect that there will still be a few surprises along the way. As I write this, I am downloading backup copies of all of my web sites (I haven’t counted recently, but there are about 23 sites that I currently operate). In this case, a full backup wasn’t really needed, but no need to push my luck on it.

I’m sorry to hear about the state of Southern culture in South Mississippi. I suppose it’s all a matter of perspective though. On the one hand, I can look around me here in central Florida and see nothing but a bland mix of Northern culture and non-American culture with fragments of Southern culture, but there is still hope. It will never be what it once was, but there is still hope.

Southern culture is still found in small pockets here. It is nothing that our ancestors would recognize as Southern culture, and that will never again brighten the scene in this country; however, it is still found in the homes of those who care about deeper matters than what slithers out of the TV each evening. In fact, that is really at the heart of what I’m trying to do here. I see it as trimming the weeds, adding water and fertilizer, and doing a bit of pruning and shaping to nurture the remnants of Southern culture. It may be lost in the community at large, but it still exists in homes and small enclaves. That’s where we still have some influence, so that’s where my focus is.

If God grants me the privilege of remaining on this earth for a while longer, I’ll do what I can (I’m 60 years old) to see that my grandchildren at least understand Southern culture. That’s why I do what I do.

Thanks again for stopping by, sir.

With regard to your statement “The subject matter dealt with here on Confederate Colonel will, for the most part, steer clear of historical topics. I have allowed it to stray too far from the original idea of a blog about Southern culture and the Southern gentleman. I will be making a greater effort to adhere to the original intent.”

I regret to tell you that, here in South Mississippi at least, there is no Southern Culture.
There are, indeed, people who fly various versions of the Confederate flag from their cars, homes etc., and there is the local camp of the SCV that think dressing up in silly uniforms and firing reproduction antique weapons, “honors” their confederate ancestors then on the next weekend several will be seen dressed in Union uniforms!
Our Southern Culture is lost, never to be recovered.
I wish you the best.
For myself, I have not much longer on this earth.
I am sad.
Sincerely
LTC (Ret) John C. Cox, MSSG
Vietnam ’68
SAR, MOS&B, SCV, American Legion, VFW, candidate for membership
in Mississippi Society of the War of 1812 and First Families of Mississippi.