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:

Thunderbolt Of The Deep South January 12, 2016
The Most High Right Reverend Doctor Thaddeus Isaiah Sichensich, Thunderbolt Of The Deep South
One Mean Mule December 29, 2015
“I told y’all, Jezebel ain’t no lady; she’s jes’ what I warned y’all she is — one mean mule.”
Jaybird’s Law December 22, 2015
Jaybird’s law: “If sumpin’ kin go wrong, hit will go wrong.”
True Spirit O’ Christmas December 18, 2015
It was a cold Christmas Eve morning, and my lifelong friend and mentor, Jaybird, and I huddled around the gin office heater.
He Always Will December 11, 2015
On some Sundays, I would ask Mama to let me worship with my boyhood best friend and mentor, Jaybird, who was a deacon at the little country church just a short walk from my father’s Mississippi Delta farm.
Smoking And Stealing December 4, 2015
“Now, go ’fess up,”
Jaybird Wasn’t Joking November 27, 2015
I thought my wise old mentor was just pulling my leg; now I know: Jaybird wasn’t joking
I Sho’ Would Hate To Be In Yo’ Shoes November 20, 2015
Dad was running in ten different directions at once, and he needed Jaybird’s help.
Hit’s A Good One November 13, 2015
"Anytime you kin walk away fum a landing, hit’s a good one.’”
Y’all’ll Be Runnin’ ’Fo’ De Day’s Done November 6, 2015
"...never ignore Jaybird’s warnings again.”
A Promise Made Is A Debt Unpaid October 30, 2015
The Bible is the ultimate lesson giver. This is certainly true in the story about Jephthah’s tragic mistake, which confirms Robert Service’s truth: A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Jaybird’s Chitlins October 24, 2015
But on Old Man Winter’s coldest days, I always wish that, just one more time, I could sit down to a heaping plate of Jaybird’s chitlins
Junior The Hobo October 17, 2015
“You’re missing the ride of your life,”
Men Are What Their Mothers Made Them October 11, 2015
Emerson, Mama, and Jaybird were right on all counts: Men are what their mothers made them
We Became One September 10, 2015
My fellow Americans, I became you; you became me. On that tragic day stamped indelibly in our memories, we became one
Disappearing Insurance August 23, 2015
Time stood still in what I now remember as a pristine, open-air, chapel, where a congregation of two melded their souls with Mother Nature’s glory
The Gift Giver August 18, 2015
God wants to tap me on the shoulder and show His love for me. All I have to do is obey Him … because He was, is, and always will be: The Gift Giver
Sankin’ Lick August 9, 2015
Growing up on the Delta, Dealing with bullies
Wilt Thou Destroy The Righteous With The Wicked? May 24, 2015
Satiating encroaching socialism’s appetite is impossible
Speak Yo’ Mind, Son April 13, 2015
Jaybird, political correctness
Dat Monkey Don’t Play April 6, 2015
Growing up on a Mississippi Delta farm
Deal, Old Timer March 30, 2015
Life on the Mississippi Delta
Don’t Mess Wit’ Melvin No Mo’! March 23, 2015
Fishing, Mississippi Delta
I Never Stole Again March 9, 2015
Robbing a Watermelon Patch
On ’Way Fum Up In ’Roun Behine March 2, 2015
Will Rogers: “Nobody is stupider than educated folks when you get them off the thing they’re educated in”
Key Fobs February 23, 2015
Momentos
I Bought The Donuts February 16, 2015
Alliteration: “Arrogant, aloof, aggressive, apoplectic angler, what did you catch?”
The Long Run February 9, 2015
Marijuana's negative impact will someday rear its ugly head: Self-interest always promotes benefits in the short run, but ultimately, what is best for all is the long run
Out! February 2, 2015
People who take the easy way out always end up in the same place
A Run O’ Bad Luck January 26, 2015
All you can do is face misery like a man, keep putting one foot in front of the other, and move on