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Music in a Minor Key

I'm in a rundown backroom where only half the lights are working. A hand-lettered poster board alerts patrons to the location of the men'...

That's a Personal Question

I say that I never read memoirs and I really don't, but I find myself reading Tara Westover's Educated after having just finished Michell...

Spotted

There was a time when I worked at the make-up counter at Macy's. It was the late 80s and I wore a lot of makeup. To be fair, we all wore ...

I Turned Myself to Face Me

There is going to be a lot of ch-ch-ch-changes in 2019. There's my big, bold projection. As a country, I expect we will finally see some ...

On the Move

Today we leave Punta Islita Resort and head to The Mangrove Hotel about 3 hours away. Our first destination has been a rural resort with ...

Pura Vida

For someone who can’t sleep in the bed, my husband sure can sleep on a plane. “I’m like my dad; I can only sleep sitting up.” Once when E...

Hi-Ho! Kermit the Frog Here

Let's talk about the Muppets. I know, that seems like a weird thing for me to say. But I have a deep connection to the Muppets that playe...

Defeated. Discouraged. Inadequate.

I moved to Memphis when I was 20 years old and had completed just one semester of community college. I was pretty excited that there was ...

Snuggling Up

We got ourselves a Christmas present. In 25 years of marriage, there are two things we’ve never had: an electric can opener and a king-si...

Hey, Boo

We already had two dogs when I found a six-month-old puppy running along the side of the highway out in the country. No collar, no tags, ...

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I grew up in Mississippi, lived in Memphis for 25 years, then moved to New Orleans in 2012 when my husband and I became emptynesters.

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