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Novelist inspired by grandfather's ghost stories, Georgia roots.(The Dallas Morning News)
Tina McElroy Ansa proves that you are what you speak. Take her reply to the telephone question, "What's it like today in St. Simons (Ga.)?"
"It is gorgeous. I've been away for a week on book tour, and the rains while I was gone brought magic to this island. Everything around me is so much greener. I've got this old rose bush that's very contrary. Sometimes it blooms, sometimes it doesn't.
"I went outside this morning and it had the nerve to be blooming, these deep velvety red roses. It's really kind of lovely when it does bloom. And, as I look out, I see live oak trees draped in Spanish moss and a female painted bunting, the bird I love more than anything in the world."
The former newspaper editor and writer always wanted to be a novelist. And so listening to Big Daddy, her grandfather, tell ghost stories and other folk tales on the front porch of her Macon, Ga., girlhood ...
- Novelist inspired by grandfather's ghost stories, Georgia roots.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 25, 2002 700+ words
...And so listening to Big Daddy, her grandfather, tell ghost stories and other folk tales...on his front porch. "Big Daddy was extraordinary. His...thing," she says. Big Daddy often told ghost stories, a popular pastime in...
- Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth turned nutty dreams into wild hot rods. Some landed in...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mouchard, Andre August 14, 1997 700+ words
...child _ then you know the work of Ed ``Big Daddy'' Roth. He made cars. Scratch that. Big Daddy dreamed outlandish, garish, utterly unnecessary...hard to know anybody better than you knew Big Daddy. True hot rodders point out that Big Daddy...
- Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce & Spices Clinches National Roll-Out With Clements Foods...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 29, 2000 700+ words
...BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000 Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce & Spices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Daddy's BBQ Racing Co., (Pink Sheets...the co-packer and hub-supplier of Big Daddy's products. Clements has a major...
- Beach eatery recovers from devastating fire: Big Daddy's back in business.
- Newspaper article from: News Herald (Panama City, FL) January 5, 2007 700+ words
...When a Fourth of July fire gutted Big Daddy's Bar-B-Que & Soul Food last...Fortunately for them, it did not take long for Big Daddy's to get back on its feet. Despite having no insurance after the blaze, Big Daddy's owners Vickie and Sonny "Big Daddy...
- Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce To Sponsor IHRA Funny Car Shootout; Big Daddy's Named...
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 8, 1999 700+ words
...Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce, the official barbecue sauce of the IHRA, presents the Big Daddy's BBQ Funny Car Shootout to be...by IHRA rules will compete in the Big Daddy's BBQ Funny Car Shootout with the...
- Wacky world of Big Daddy.
- Newspaper article from: New Straits Times December 21, 2008 700+ words
...about American car customiser Vini 'Big Daddy' Bergeman and his Kustomizer crew that...going machines ever seen. Currently, Big Daddy and his crew are in the country for the...Prisco. To add spice to the show, Big Daddy has brought along his Mini Limo. This...
- Is 'Big Daddy' Choking Google?
- Magazine article from: eWeek May 10, 2006 700+ words
...s going on? Many people suggest that Big Daddy's to blame. On May 10, Google co...at Google's annual Press Day event. Big Daddy is, in effect, a brand-new data center...of data centers across the globe. The Big Daddy project stands out because search engines...
- Pizza place cooks up lawsuit against Draper: Sidewalk signs ? Big Daddy's...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire December 11, 2008 700+ words
...not allowed that entrepreneurial tactic. Big Daddy's Pizza is suing the city of Draper claiming...lawsuit does not specify what kind of sign Big Daddy's posted and an attorney for Big Daddy's did not return calls seeking comment...
- Big daddy goes another round. (Joe Flanigan takes Big Daddy's out of...
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Stertz, Bradley March 1, 1988 700+ words
Big Daddy Goes Another Round Joe Flanigan took...the North, and for two decades Joe "Big Daddy" Flanigan stood as their toastmaster...It was his Atlantic Coast chain of Big Daddy's liquor lounges and their 38-cent...
- Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce & Spices CEO To be Featured On Internet Broadcast.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 21, 2000 700+ words
...June 21, 2000 Dan Lloyd Sr., CEO of Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce & Spices (PinkSheets...www.winamp.com/getwinamp. The Big Daddy's broadcast will be taped and replayed...to have the interview archived on the Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce & Spices home page...
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