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:

Maverick April 6, 2011
Einstein: Evil manifests itself in people whose hearts are devoid of God’s love
Spattered Batter March 28, 2011
First Homerun
Seasoned With Salt March 20, 2011
Let your speech always be gracious … seasoned with salt….
It Tolls For Thee March 16, 2011
We must never shirk the responsibility of friendship
Leave Lyndo Alone March 14, 2011
Tree Houses, Initiation into the Boy's Club
Thank You, Montague March 10, 2011
Monty remembered what I’d forgotten: A sure way to feel better is to help someone else feel better
Onomatopoeiacs March 10, 2011
Words that create a clearer meaning by suggesting certain sounds, or that can be used for rhetorical effect
The Blocks With Which We Build March 8, 2011
The Builders
Frugality Is Fun February 28, 2011
Penny pinching, The way to wealth … is as plain as the way to market. It depends on two words — industry and frugality
How Pews Produced Profit February 24, 2011
Jaybird masterminded a simple little business venture to teach me a basic principle of free enterprise
Odd Man Ow! February 19, 2011
Mr. Crawdad, flipping coins for lunch money
Poker Face February 14, 2011
Mark Twain’s classic short story, The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County
I’ll Be Your Valentine February 12, 2011
A Life Lesson: Joe and Julie
Ti Amo February 11, 2011
Valentine's Day, American, Ellis Island, American Dream
Love February 10, 2011
A definition of Love: Mother Teresa “I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.”
Love Is Life February 7, 2011
Three most beautiful words: “I love you.”
Hunnud Pussent February 6, 2011
Life’s most demanding teacher: Experience, Work hard, succeed; hardly work, fail
Death O’ Fear February 2, 2011
Life a precious gift, given to me by my Creator, and I must be serious about using that gift to the furtherance of His will
By Jove January 31, 2011
All men will attest, engaging in quarrels with women is futile: They always win
Look At Me January 29, 2011
Son, Jesus loves you; He died for you. He looks at you every minute, every hour, every day, and He always will
Three Strikes, I’m In! January 22, 2011
Through adversity I had come to know myself; I completed the journey within. Three strikes, I’m out? No — three strikes, I’m in!
Faustus’ Fate January 19, 2011
“Pride goes before destruction; a haughty spirit before a fall.” If not, America may soon face Faustus’ fate
You’ll Be A Man, My Son January 15, 2011
Drill Sergeant Sylvester “Sluggo” Smith
Hoi Polloi Or Hoity-Toity? January 13, 2011
Hoity-Toity wannabe nobility, elite and enlightened
Still, I Ask January 10, 2011
I won’t quit thinking about how my Maker thinks, and I won’t quit importuning Him for wants, not needs. He knows what is best for me. Still, I ask
She Died Old January 8, 2011
Few habits prolong one’s time on earth more than preparedness
Good Gossip January 3, 2011
Gossip attracts even the most virtuous souls with shameful regularity.
To Wake Again January 2, 2011
Slow down! That’s my New Year’s resolution
Not To December 29, 2010
Face each new day, resolving not to pass up opportunities to make it a happy one for a fellow human being
Naturalness December 27, 2010
How majestic is naturalness, To be yourself, to be the way God intended you to be