Jimmy Reed

[em]Jimmy Reed is an Oxford, Mississippi resident, Ole Miss and Delta State University alumnus, Vietnam Era Army Veteran, former Mississippi Delta cotton farmer and ginner, author, and retired college teacher. Other books by Jimmy Reed include [strong]The Jaybird Tales[/strong]. Copies, including personalized autographs, can be reserved by notifying the author via email (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).[/em]

Most Recent Articles by Jimmy Reed:

Be Like Lamar September 4, 2016
When confronted with prejudice or bias
B.A.D., R.I.P. August 25, 2016
Beauregard Augustus Dog — B.A.D. Man’s dog is his best friend
Balaam’s Burro August 21, 2016
When stubbornness, indifference, apathy, refusing to listen, and Satan’s many other impediments to open-mindedness blind me to where my path leads, I hope to see what is seen by my own Balaam’s burro
Earn Yo’ Pay August 11, 2016
Summer in the Mississippi Delta field
Yo’ Lucky Baby August 6, 2016
How precious each day is, how beautiful this world is, how priceless friendship is … and that we are always one eye blink, one heartbeat, from standing before our Maker.
Y’all’ll Be Runnin’! July 28, 2016
Life on the Mississippi Delta, Fishing and Bad Storms
A Man Finally Won July 22, 2016
Women are impossible to please and therefore impossible to out-argue, whereas men recognize a good thing and seize it in order to avoid losing it while fretting over other options
Believin’ What You Know Is So July 15, 2016
Boyhood, Bass Fishing, Growing up on the Mississippi Delta
Sumpin’ Bad Gwine Happen July 8, 2016
If Moon and Doll work together, sooner or later, sumpin’ bad gwine happen
I Sleep To Wake Again July 1, 2016
The plants a gardener nurtures help him to grow in his understanding of the glory, power, majesty, and creativity of the Gardener of the Universe
I’m In! June 26, 2016
Through adversity I had come to know myself; I completed the journey within. Three strikes, I’m out? No, three strikes — I’m in!
Attitude Of Thankfulness June 17, 2016
We Americans have more reasons to love this good life than the people of any other country. For that, we must always hold fast to an attitude of thankfulness
No Sroons For Me! June 11, 2016
Eating Wild Mushrooms
The Same Foolish Mistakes June 3, 2016
I never had another close call, and I never forgot that even the smartest people make mistakes, but only fools continue making the same foolish mistakes
Prolonged Period In The Pokey May 20, 2016
Headed for three ‘hots’, a cot, and a prolonged period in the pokey
Respect May 6, 2016
Our tin nemesis shined like new when we finished, and from then on, we gave Coop the cop what all lawmen deserve
Chippie The Chipmunk April 29, 2016
Chippie let go
Lord Have Mercy April 15, 2016
Born on Friday the thirteenth
A Man Worth His Salt March 25, 2016
Remembering what my beloved mentor taught me, I resolved to be what Job was
Deadeye Dillinger And Killer Kelly March 19, 2016
Halloween, Red Ryder BB Guns, Leland Mississippi
Nail-Scarred Hands March 11, 2016
God loves His world — loves it so much that He set in motion a perfect plan to erase evil by offering sin’s ultimate redemption on a cross at Calvary
A Bucyrus’ Brawny Bellow March 5, 2016
I still love the sound of powerful engines, but there’s one that I would just as soon never hear again
Leave Lucas Alone! February 26, 2016
Hunting Alligators
Bucket-Mouth Brute February 19, 2016
“My pond, my pole, my fish — gonna be my supper,”
Those Who Forgive February 14, 2016
The most forgiven are those who forgive
The Batter Who Got Spattered February 8, 2016
My first homerun
Brenda The Clunker February 1, 2016
My very own hunting vehicle: an old Ford Bronco
As Those Dogs Thought January 31, 2016
I stand a good chance of passing through those Pearly Gates … if I am as good a person as those dogs thought.
Glad To Be Alive January 26, 2016
“Boy, I don’t know ’bout you, but fishin’ is the last thing on my mind … I’m jes’ glad to be alive.”
You’re Just A One-Lapper January 19, 2016
Veterinarians categorized post-dosed mules as one-lappers, two-lappers, and three-lappers