{"id":3436,"date":"2022-07-16T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2022-08-29T22:08:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T05:08:05","slug":"mark-twain-on-the-southern-watermelon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/16\/mark-twain-on-the-southern-watermelon\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Twain on the Southern watermelon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mark Twain riffing on the Southern watermelon is one of my favorites. This is from his book Pudd’nhead Wilson<\/em>. I have saved it since high school, I think, when I first read the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watercolors and metal pen on Arches HP 90# watercolor paper. Text\/image area: 8.5 in x 9 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pudd’nhead Wilson’s calendar entries are quoted at the top of each chapter, and some are quite harsh. Here’s one that I delighted in when I was young. “He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.” The book is a biting commentary on humanity, particularly the socio-racial times in which he lived. You can read it for free thanks to Gutenberg Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven’t done any watercolor in awhile, and am rather pleased with this simple watermelon. Yes, it’s lopsided, but then so are the best-tasting watermelons, in my experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Mark Twain riffing on the Southern watermelon is one of my favorites. This is from his book Pudd’nhead Wilson. I have saved it since high school, I think, when I first read the book. Pudd’nhead Wilson’s calendar entries are quoted at the top of each chapter, and some are quite harsh. Here’s one that I … <\/p>\n

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