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Pecan Cream Cheese Pound Cake: When St. Expedite Wants a Little Better Than Sara Lee
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Tradition has it that St. Expedite loves his Sara Lee pound cake. Some devotees will even say he prefers it to homemade pound cake. I donβt know about all that. But I do know a few things. One, you should try to be as specific as possible when working with St. Expedite. Two, you should give him your agreed-upon offerings when you see specific movement congruent with your petition. You canβt always get *everything* you want all the time in a hurry β recognize that he did work for you and acknowledge what he was able to do. Heβs not...
Hanging Tree Guitars
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Artist Freeman Vines on the guitars he creates and the wood he makes them with: βThe wood, actually everything, is involved spiritually. A little spirit rubs off on everything.β Read more β and you should, you should click through and read the whole thing β at Atlas Obscura, βA North Carolina Artistβs Search for a Lost Sound Uncovered a Dark History,β by Winnie Lee.
Hoodoo in the Lowcountry
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βLowcountry Root Doctorsβ in South Magazine covers, among other things, the delightful (and epic) tale of the battle between the High Sherrif vs. Dr. Buzzard.