22 Mar 2016 Writer offers insight into rural living

by Brenda McClain

“In 2007, my family and I moved to Lake Village in Chicot County (I refer to it as LA — lower Arkansas), smack dab on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River. It’s rural. To give you bigger city folks a frame of reference, there is no Starbucks within a 90-mile radius.”

So says Kellee Mayfield, known to many as Delta Moxie.

Kellee Crosby Mayfield was nicknamed Kelly Jo shortly after arriving in Arkansas from Oklahoma, and it stuck! She is a real-food-eating, sensible-shoe-wearing mother, wife, artist and traveler with a southern drawl.

From the crops perfectly lined in rows to beautiful people who make the Delta a perfect place to call home, Kelly Jo brings the pages to life with art and words. 

The Delta is sometimes called the most Southern place on earth. It’s agriculture that’s been the mainstay of the Delta economy for more than two centuries. Sugar cane and rice were introduced to the region by European settlers from the Caribbean in the 18th century.

October of each year there is the annual Lake Chicot Fall Festival, and who hasn’t heard of Helena’s annual King Biscuit Blues Festival? For three days in October, tens of thousands converge on the Delta to celebrate this significant American art form. No one does it better.

DeltaMoxie.com captures resourceful ways to live successfully in a really small town. Readers enjoy her unique perspective and upbeat style as she delivers practical information and insight to living in rural Southern Arkansas.  

So the next time you pick up your iPad or log on to your home computer, take a peek at Kelly Jo’s site, DeltaMoxie.com. You will not be disappointed.