Introducing Down Home Diaries, a blog dedicated to celebrating the simple joys of Black Southern culture. Join us as we share heartfelt stories that inspire warmth and connection while wrapping you in nostalgic moments. Find the beauty in every small-town experience with Down Home Diaries.
If It Starts Feeling Like Work, I Won't Be Doing It!
November is all about practicing the power of no. In this story, you’ll discover the things you want to do in life, don’t have to feel like work. Turn your attention and focus to what makes your soul sing and bring you joy. And when something starts to feel like work, you can simply say, no, I won’t be doing it.
Black Lives Really Do Matter
Recent Black deaths at the hands of law enforcement has amplified awareness of racism and stirred up anger in the Black community, and rightfully so. Connie Perry, a mother and grandmother, provides a thoughtful reflection on the Black lives who were lost or innocently incarcerated and convicted.
Juneteenth
On June 19, 1865, news finally reached Galveston, Texas, announcing that the war had ended, and all enslaved people were now free. From that day forward, June 19th became known as Freedom Day for African Americans, the day to celebrate the emancipation of the enslaved. Why, then, have African Americans celebrated someone else’s Freedom Day and not our own?
Easter Reflections As A Black Girl In The Rural South
While the current state of affairs has us practicing social distancing and quarantining in the midst of the holiest week of the year, our founder relives some of her memories of Easter as a little girl in Alabama.