By Brantley Ellzey This whackadoo souvenir plate has hung in the kitchen at Ellfrow (our house name) for over twenty-five years and always makes me…
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Introducing ‘Love List 2020,’ Brantley Ellzey’s daily odes to joy and inspiration
By Brantley Ellzey Forward: In January of this year, I began a daily blog on Facebook called Love List 2020. I hoped it would act…
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Memphians At Home: A Renewed Obsession With Bookshelves
Home bookshelves fascinate as the new TV studio backdrops All over the airwaves during the shutdown, talking heads have been appearing against a backdrop of…
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Creatively Coping: Amanda Willoughby, perfecting her green thumb
One of six artists profiled in Creatively Coping, Kristin Jones’ essay on the therapeutic power of working with one’s hands during uncertain times The Arts Board,…
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Why We Love Memphis, Volume II
For the Valentine’s Day, Love Issue of StoryBoard last February – an era ago, 2019 that is – we asked Memphians to share what they love about…
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Creatively Coping: Stippling, dot by contemplative dot, with Rebecca Phillips
One of six artists profiled in Creatively Coping, Kristin Jones’ essay on the therapeutic power of working with one’s hands during uncertain times The Arts Board,…
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Creatively Coping: For Jess Tinsley, Painting is Relief
One of six artists profiled in Creatively Coping, Kristin Jones’ essay on the therapeutic power of working with one’s hands during uncertain times The Arts…
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Creatively Coping, By Touch
Seven creatives share how their craft helps them cope, and stay in touch. “I discovered it was my form of therapy. . . to be…
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Why We Love Memphis, Volume I
For the Valentine’s Day, Love Issue of StoryBoard last February – an era ago, 2019 that is – we asked Memphians to share what they…
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A fleeting pleasure in the garden, before the return to ourselves
The visions, thoughts, and sounds, of a spring garden walk before the pandemic shutdown by Kristin Jones The Japanese have a phrase, mono no aware,…
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