Time Capsules Words and Zoe Photos By Ken Billett A woman, bundled up for the frigid November morning, rounded a cement pathway, heading in our…
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Stax in my Soul
By Ken Billett On a warm Saturday afternoon in late May, my birthday week celebration came to an end at the Stax Museum of American…
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Peace, Love, and Doodles
“Is that a sheep-a-doodle?” The question came from an older gentleman, kindness behind his eyes. In past seasons of life, had I been asked such…
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Happy Birthday, Spiderman
Great fortunes in my treatment for stage IV metastatic melanoma By Ken Billett Seated in a waiting area just outside the Radiology department, a man…
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Notes from the second row: The grit n’ poetry of Grizzlies basketball
The Grizzlies season may be over, but the poetry will go on By Candace Echols People prioritize things. My husband and I love a good…
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A Sense of Place: From Binghampton to Central
By Mark Allen Scott The first week of May has always been important in our household. It’s a birthday of sorts. Actually, two birthdays. Both…
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Birthday Week: May 17
May Seventeenth By Ken Billett The metal slug lies in a small slot inside my wooden lap desk—the kind of old item you might find…
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Mercy
By Candace Echols Today I stepped out in the Birmingham air. It smelled better than coffee, it smelled like a prayer. It awakened my spirit,…
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Weary we all may be. Try a little summer-ing
By Candace Echols The British use the word “summer” as a verb. ‘Round about this time of year, British women might ask their friends where…
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Delta Dispatches: A Blues Traveler’s Diary, Part Two
Words and photos by Ken Billett April 16, 2021, 12:10 pm—Today’s adventure starts at The Blue Biscuit in Indianola, Mississippi. The Biscuit is a funky…
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