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Orley Hood
Orley Hood, the Clarion-Ledger’s Southern Style writer, has grabbed Metro Jackson’s attention, no doubt, and continues to hold it over an expansive range of sundry subjects such as tsunami relief, justice in Neshoba County, the bittersweetness of age milestones and the enviable life of dogs.
What else should we say now about Orley and his columns that we haven’t said before? We could call him folksy, an acquired taste, a writer who truly cares about people in his community, but we’re already on record with that. Well, we could tip our hats to Orley’s oft-referenced family. After all, how would you like it if every time you comment to your columnist spouse/parent/sibling, you risk winding up quoted in the most-read space in Southern Style? Orley, after all these years, is it time for the C-L to give the rest of the Hoods a chance to publish their response?
