Fire and Ice: Ice Storm 2022 “We are all fine. Our house is not.” I have texted, emailed, and repeated those words in my heart…
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Captain, My Captain: Cancer Survivorship
After the close of the 2021 college football season earlier last month, I looked back on a unique moment during the season when I played…
Read More Captain, My Captain: Cancer SurvivorshipJanuary: A Poem
Swirling thoughts threaten my joy. Burnout: groceries, again; cooking, again; backpacks, again; that minivan with doors that slide: forward, back; forward, back; forward, back; again.…
Read More January: A PoemLooking from Here to a Place Beyond Waiting Rooms
“One question,” he plops down a big stack of paperwork on her desk. “My parents won’t see these forms, will they?” I cannot hear the…
Read More Looking from Here to a Place Beyond Waiting RoomsGreat Outdoors and the Need to Roam
I have finally given up. Maybe “given in” is a better way to say it. It seems that riding bikes, building forts, running barefoot down…
Read More Great Outdoors and the Need to RoamGet Out of Town: Rollin’ Stone Weekend
Story and photos by Ken Billett, originally published in StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly, Vol. 1 Issue I September 26, 2021, approximately 9:00 am: the stainless steel…
Read More Get Out of Town: Rollin’ Stone WeekendDear New Southerners: Welcome & Please Don’t Mess It Up
A fresh, new, hardback book appeared under the tree for me this year, and I was delighted because it was plucked right off my wish…
Read More Dear New Southerners: Welcome & Please Don’t Mess It UpSouthern Sinterklaas: Merging Holiday Traditions
“Anything sweet in the cupboard?” I asked. December and the holidays bring out the worst in my sweet tooth. “We still have some of these…”…
Read More Southern Sinterklaas: Merging Holiday TraditionsSaving Us from Crashing Over the Brink
Doctors Who Are Called to Care As parents, we are intuitively aware that a big part of our assignment is to keep our kids alive…
Read More Saving Us from Crashing Over the BrinkA Thrilling Dream on Paper
As the morning light streamed through the window at City Silo and I awaited the arrival of my latte, I sent this text to my…
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