Meaningful Memphis
MIFA - Uniting the Community through Service - written for Grace-St Luke's 'The Messenger' newsletter A murder and a call to action. In...
Memphis in Motion - A New Project, Part 2
I am a procrastinator and like to do some things off the cuff, so when it really counts - and more often as I get older - I plan and...
Memphis in Motion - A New Project, Part 1
I've been in a cave... The Call, "I Still Believe" I remember singing on stage twice as a child. The first was “Morning Has Broken,” a...
African-American History Month - "I hear her voice as the cold winds blow"
I’m going to end this series with - surprise, I know - a singer/songwriter you may not know. These 28 days of honoring African-American...
African-American History Month - "if number one should start to fall"
Both Johnny Cash and Fats Domino would have celebrated birthdays today, this 26th day of February, African-American History Month. I’m a...
African-American History Month - "I believe I'll dust my bed"
US Highway 49 would qualify as one of William Least Heat-Moon’s ‘Blue Highways.’ It could tell tales of life, death, pain, and joy along...
African-American History Month - “When the blues overtake me”
From humble beginnings, legacies are built. When traveling musician Will Shade returned home to Memphis in 1926, he started a band like...