tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10718822.post2656460141471358788..comments2023-09-25T09:57:18.004-05:00Comments on Patsy's Ponderings by Patsy Terrell: Book Discussion on Southern vs. Plains LiteraureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10718822.post-10577745238979461392008-11-01T01:14:00.000-05:002008-11-01T01:14:00.000-05:00Thanks for your thoughts. I'm not that familiar wi...Thanks for your thoughts. I'm not that familiar with the literature - I was speaking about the "to-do" list in the current sense. These cultural things are really fascinating - how they develop and grow. I think you might be on to something here.Patsy Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265729671827964868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10718822.post-46344103798211103102008-10-31T11:02:00.000-05:002008-10-31T11:02:00.000-05:00One difference is space. Plains people are much mo...One difference is space. Plains people are much more spread out and isolated. It wasn't a to-do list as much as a survival thing. Nature can be very nasty to the unprepared on the plains, summer and winter. Farm towns are not centers of commerce or travel so the stranger passing through is not a regular part of the story. In fact, a stranger passing through was suspect because they had to be odd to be out in the middle of nowhere with no bigger places in any direction.<BR/>Plains lit. is steeped in isolation and survival. Southern lit., even the rural stuff, teems with people like a Manhattan street, in comparison.<BR/>I enjoy your blog.Bobby Rozzellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06292993399200604881noreply@blogger.com