Collaboration changes the future of Frayser
High Ground News June 18, 2014 The community of Frayser, just north of Memphis proper and across a wide alluvial plain from the Mississippi River, began as a suburban town built around a railroad...
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Beach vacation is time for family, renewal
“Because I Said So” column for The Commercial Appeal July 3, 2014 Blue Mountain Beach Beach vacation is time for family, renewal As mandated by my membership in Club Memphis, I loaded up the van and...
View ArticleBleak House: What’s going on with the Mid-South Coliseum
High Ground News July 9, 2014 Elvis sang there. The Beatles played there. Professional wrestler Jerry Lawler pile-drove comedian Andy Kaufman there in 1983 in an infamous match that landed the two on...
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City of Memphis, I feel your budget pain
“Because I Said So” column for The Commercial Appeal July 17, 2014 Genevieve’s invoice City of Memphis, I feel your budget pain Kids really do say the darndest things, don’t they? In the 1950s and...
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Son’s road test sends dad down memory lane
‘Because I Said So’ column for The Commercial Appeal July 31, 2014 Son’s road test sends dad down memory lane The moment my first child was born, I stood for a moment in disbelief. “I’m a father,” I...
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Take cue from kids in making friends
“Because I Said So” column for The Commercial Appeal Aug. 14, 2014 Han Solo and Chewbacca, friends since 1977 Take cue from kids in making friends We lost a king. A peanut farmer took the Oval Office....
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Cost of raising kids causes dad to swerve
‘Because I Said So’ column for The Commercial Appeal Aug. 28, 2014 Cost of raising kids causes dad to swerve On a half-hour drive across town the other day I tuned the radio dial from station to...
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Dad is odd man out when it comes to the fair
‘Because I Said So’ column for The Commercial Appeal Sept. 11, 2014 Photo by William Deshazer Dad is odd man out when it comes to the fair My family loves going to the fair. I do not like the fair....
View ArticleHappy birthday, Lady Day
Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 — July 17, 1959) “You know, I don’t know why they called her Hillbillie except maybe that she grew up in the foothills of the Ozarks in Arkansas where it was she’d learned...
View ArticleFresh Complaint
My main complaint with Jeffrey Eugenides is that he doesn’t turn out novels fast enough. That’s not really his problem, though, as much as it’s mine. I’m a fan, and what a fan wants most is to consume....
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