Southern Say-So: Essays from a Southern Life
This is where I set my stories down — music and memory, gospel and grease, fame and family, and the true costs of carrying a song down the highway. I write about the South I know and the people I meet, the legends and the nobodies, the backroads and the backbeats.
If there’s something worth saying, you’ll find it here.
Trio: Wildflowers & Paper Dolls
A record-store find on Macon’s Cherry Street sparks a story of Trio — Dolly, Linda & Emmylou’s timeless album — wildflowers, paper dolls, and a Southern Say-So for women’s voices.
Pinehurst: A Farming Town
In Pinehurst, Georgia, the world passes by on tractors, trains, crop dusters, and watermelon buses. A front porch essay on the beauty of staying still while everything moves around you.
Where I Get to Run My Mouth: A Southern Say-So Manifesto
Southern Say-So is my promise to that little girl I used to be: you get to say it now. All of it. The gospel, the gossip, the grief, the gladness.
A Return to Georgia
After two decades out West, Cindi Brown returns to her Georgia roots—and to herself. In this Porchlight essay, she reflects on small-town rhythms, neighborly kindness, and the soulful quiet of a country house on the edge of town.