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Elvis Week Revisited: Elvis is Everywhere

A ‘Little’ Memphis in the Verde Valley, AZ Time Capsules – this story was originally published in December 2019 Story and Photos By Ken Billett…

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Life with Zoe

Ken Billett July 23, 2021 No Comments Ken Billett

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

Ken Billett June 24, 2021 No Comments Stax Museum of American Soul Music

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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Happy Birthday, Spiderman

Ken Billett June 4, 2021 No Comments cancer Ken Billett metastatic melanoma Time Capsules

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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Birthday Week: May 17

Ken Billett May 28, 2021 No Comments Ken Billett Time Capsules

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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Delta Dispatches: A Blues Traveler’s Diary, Part Two

Ken Billett April 30, 2021 No Comments Clarksdale Dockery Farms Indianola Mississippi Mississippi Delta Po Monkeys

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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Delta Dispatches: A Blues Traveler’s Diary, Part One

Ken Billett April 23, 2021 No Comments Delta Blues Emmett Till Mississippi Delta

Words and Photos by Ken Billett April 16, 2021, 7:15 am—A crop-duster, probably no more than one hundred feet or so above, buzzes over our…

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Green Thumb, Blue Heart

Ken Billett April 2, 2021 No Comments Flowers Gardening Ken Billett Spring

By Ken Billett Over the years, gardening has grown into an obsession. Forgive the pun. But what started as seasonal maintenance—replanting and mulching flower beds…

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Ken Billett March 11, 2021 1 Comment AARP Ken Billett Time Capsules

By Ken Billett “Where are the multivitamins?” “In the big white bottle.” “They’re all big white bottles.” “So, find the label that says Multivitamin.” “Here it…