My father regularly set up camp with a rope swing. He could craft a newsprint kite, build a tunneled city with blankets inside (or sand outside) and bless us with …
LA Jackson and Henrietta Red | Nashville, Tennessee
Once upon a time (when I was 19 years old), I encountered a person on a dormitory elevator; she was as beautiful as a blooming rose. I was charmed by …
C.M. Breaks It Down | Springtime Artichokes
The aftermath of grown children and their offsprings’ departure is one of deep melancholy and resurrection. To get over it, I review our past days together while doing something …
Burger Up | Cool Springs, Williamson County, Tennessee
At a minute’s notice, I can conjure his handsome face, say at age thirty-five years. As always he is cheerful on the surface, likely masking some tension brought on …
Night Saunter | Sheree’s Cornbread
Certainly there was a nap in my immediate future; not a surprise since I had been awake from sunset to sunrise. I don’t remember entertaining those hours since I birthed …
Delta Bound – Spring Hill, Tennessee
Trekking Highway 65 with a hunger pang? Bingo, set your crosshairs on the Saturn Parkway, Exit 53; it’s between Nashville and Huntsville. Eyes on the prize, you are headed to …
Margaret Edith Quinn Griffith | Custard
Porch sitting we were. Hot summer delta day. Grandmother said, “Did you know that you must never marry a Catholic person or a Jewish person? “Hmmm??” I said. Intellect …
The Food Company | Green Hills, Nashville
It was the week before Christmas and what was I thinking? More than likely, another little gift or two before we headed out for the hometown wilds of my descendants. …
Ted Talking | Morning Glory Breakfast Cookies
Who knows what cookie recipe I baked for that particular meeting. I’ll guess something with coconut. Every once in a blue moon, I’ll crave coconut. The taste is alluring because …
On a mission from God | Mimi’s Vegetable Soup
While growing up, I observed the lady of the house next door to be a person of distinction. She was willowy and elegant, erudite and well-dressed. Her voice smacked of …