Backroad Portfolio
Backroad Portfolio, Tom Poland, Elizabeth Poland ShuggTravel roads marked by endless fields, immaculate vistas, cozy towns, and our nation’s history. Publishes on Thursdays.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 211 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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June Backroad Bulletin 🍉
Photo courtesy of the South Carolina Festival of Flowers Facebook page
Our June Backroad Bulletin showcases regional music, local agriculture, floral artistry, Southern cuisine, and a legendary 8-foot-tall Lizard Man.
Cherokee...
Little Talbot Island, Castillo de San Marcos, and Myakka River State Park
Photographer Jim Schwabel captured Florida’s state flower—Coreopsis (commonly known as tickseed)—in full bloom across Myakka River State Park in Sarasota. This presentation of wildflower blooms casting a golden glow across the tropical land...
Share Your Story
Start writing your memoirs
We all suffer from selective memory. But cherished recollections help us make sense of our lives, pass on grains of wisdom, and affirm that our life matters in some way.
Memoir Writing, Jacks River Falls, and Crooked River State Park
Plus, Arabia Mountain's ancient landscape
This week, we’re in Georgia—home state of Backroad Portfolio co-founder Elizabeth Poland Shugg, who writes about the process of transcribing her Georgia-born great-grandmother’s memoirs and sharing...
Love Where You Live
Place attachment in small and rural communities
Place attachment—the emotional connection between people and place that shapes how they think, feel, and act.
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Backroad Portfolio celebrates the Southeast’s historic backroads via modern storytelling and compelling imagery.
I roam forgotten backroads and places where the pace slows, where old mansions crumble, and orchards go untended. It’s there that I find inspiration.
Southern Stories focuses on the early American history and traditions that surround us here in the South.
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