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:

He Awaits Us April 14, 2014
Happy Easter, everyone. Jesus is risen … He awaits us.
I Hewed The Mountain Down April 7, 2014
Cherish hard work, Scorn laziness, sloth
Devil’s most useful tools: Discouragement March 31, 2014
Life Lessons: All you got to do is overcome de devil’s wicked tool: discouragement
Catamounts March 23, 2014
Capsaicin catalepsy
Waiting March 17, 2014
Patience, Self Reliance, Great Depression
Dey Kilt Ole Can’t…. March 9, 2014
“Square your shoulders — be a man! Complaining about what you don’t have or can’t do is like telling the Lord ‘No thank You’ for what you do have and can do
They’d Be Uh Killin’ Too March 2, 2014
Toad frog
Take The Risk February 23, 2014
A Valuable and Simple Business Lesson: “Boy, when there’s a buck to be made — take the risk.”
She Divorced Him! February 17, 2014
"A parallel between beasts in the jungle and beastly human males"
Pietro And Videlma February 10, 2014
Happy Valentine’s Day, Pietro and Videlma
Uh-Madgun February 2, 2014
When the fires of desire and determination are lit, young people can conquer whatever causes their defeatist attitude. As we all can
Cotton Choppin’ Dude January 27, 2014
Jaybird, straw boss on a Mississippi Delta cotton farm: The habit of persistence is the habit of succeeding
Bogus January 20, 2014
Gold cocker spaniel Beauregard Augustus Dog
Unpredictable January 12, 2014
The best way to win
Start Yo’ Rows January 7, 2014
Motivation generates momentum, and momentum generates achievement and success
The Hardest Part December 30, 2013
My New Year’s resolution is to teach students what Jaybird taught me: When you face a task, do this first — the hardest part
Merry Christmas To All December 23, 2013
From Mary and Joe and a newborn son. Thank you, and Merry Christmas to all
Eat, Boy, And Get To Work December 16, 2013
True meaning of Christmas: In giving, we receive
Wail, Boy December 9, 2013
“To the Lord, the voices of all His children lifted in praise are beautiful"
ATM Mayhem December 2, 2013
A “senior moment,”
Atlas November 24, 2013
A car chasing dog
… And Smoking, Too November 12, 2013
Whipping broke me from stealing … and smoking, too
Mr. Hall’s 8 Ball November 4, 2013
Life in Leland, Mississippi
Keep On Waving October 29, 2013
Gonna set my feet on Southern soil
 and breathe that Southern air
America’s Achilles Heel October 14, 2013
Education is America’s Achilles heel
Looking For His Flute September 29, 2013
Rural Mississippi Delta, County gravel Roads and trips to the Hospital
A Deal’s A Deal September 23, 2013
Life on the Mississippi Delta
Sweet Riggum September 17, 2013
Mississippi Delta Vernacular
The Real Sheriff September 9, 2013
Deputized, in our little Mississippi Delta farming community
Sometimes It Bees That Way September 2, 2013
Apiculture, Beekeeping, Honey, Bee Swarms, Queen Bees