Dixie, Mayberry, and Fun Girls!

We just returned from the hills of Virginia and North Carolina, as well as the streets of Philly and New Jersey.

Dixie Lee went along, of course, as did her sweetheart Woodrow.

As a result, Dixie Lee Jackson's Guide to Cookin' and Kissin' is available at Mayberry on Main, the Andy-Griffith-Show-Gone-Wild-Store on Main Street, Mount Airy, North Carolina. Debbie and Darryl Miles, transplants from Indiana, are as passionate about their adopted hometown as I am about my adopted Kansas.

Visit them online at http://mayberryonmain.com, or if you're fortunate enough to be in the area, just drop in and tell them "Hey!"

If you walk in the door, you will find something to take home -- I promise.

Dixie Lee's Guide to Cookin' and Kissin' is available by using Paypal, as well, just click on Dixie's blogsite http://dixieleejackson.blogspot.com

Cousin Dixie Lee Jackson

"Don't make me use my rolling pin!"

Cousin Dixie Lee Jackson is performing at the Topeka Performing Arts Center on Friday night at 7:30. Tickets are only $15 each and this is a fundraiser for Let's Help and the Topeka Rescue Mission. Y'all Come! And click on the link to Dixie Lee's blog.

So much going on these days it's hard to keep up! The biggy--don't miss Territorial Days at Lecompton, Kansas, this weekend. This is such a well-done event and a chance to explore historic Lecompton.

Also, tomorrow night, June 24, the documentary Bloody Dawn by our good friend, Ken Spurgeon, airs on PBS. Be sure and catch it! Also, I've lost weight since then!

On the air at www.RadioRichandFriends.com in just a few minutes.

Photo of Dixie Lee Jackson by Doug Ruth/TopekaTonight.com

Queens and Politicians

Sometimes, things just get out of hand on St. Patrick's Day. . . . My cousin, Dixie Lee Jackson and a few of her closest girlfriends donned big hair and spangles to entertain the folks in Topeka's parade. About 40,000 folks crammed downtown for the festivities. It was a glorious day. Look for more pictures and more details on Dixie Lee's website. . . . the link is to the right.

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Councilmen on Parade

Also in the parade were Topeka City Council members Richard Harmon, left, and Jeff Preisner, right. Jeff is running for mayor and I'm working on his blog which you can visit at Preisner4mayor. blogspot.com.

Big Hair, Big Read

Yes, Dixie Lee picks you!

On Sunday, my cousin, Dixie Lee Jackson, made sweet potato sonker for the folks at the Topeka/Shawnee County Public Library. Actually, she demonstrated the sonker-making and Monica from the Millennium Cafe made the sonker. Folks back home would have been proud. Monica did a fine job on the sonker and sweet tea. Moon Pies and RC Cola were also passed among the crowd. Dixie Lee is writing a cookbook, Sugar, 'Shine, and Sermons: Dixie Lee Jackson's Guide to Southern Mountain Living.

Y'all have some sonker!