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Tag: Yellow Chair ChronEchols

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Becoming a Writer: Anyone Can Reclaim that Bit of Childhood

Candace Echols May 5, 2022 No Comments Candace EcholsYellow Chair ChronEchols

Anyone can be a writer. Really. We are all writing stories in our heads everyday anyway. All you must do to be a writer is…

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Grizzlies Playoffs: Sehnsucht, or Joy that Feels Like Longing

Candace Echols April 25, 2022 No Comments Candace EcholsMemphis GrizzliesYellow Chair ChronEchols

Germans have a word for those brief moments that prompt indescribable longing: Sehnsucht. Creatives point to music, art, and beauty as the spaces in which…

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Sweet to Cut the Salt around the Family Table

Candace Echols April 21, 2022 No Comments Candace EcholsYellow Chair ChronEchols

The family table has been lauded for years as a solid place to start when it comes to raising kids. Apparently, children who regularly eat…

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Easter: A Net with Weaving That Holds

Candace Echols April 14, 2022 1 Comment Candace EcholsChristianityEasterYellow Chair ChronEchols

I started writing this piece on Monday—the day it was due. I wrote one paragraph when the news of a death in our community came…

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Finite Bits of Beauty

Candace Echols April 6, 2022 No Comments Candace EcholsYellow Chair ChronEchols

Sometimes, I am tempted to stop a stranger in the grocery store, look them deep in the eye, and beg for an answer: “Why must…

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Grandparents and Wisdom

Candace Echols March 24, 2022 No Comments Candace EcholsYellow Chair ChronEchols

I am a 43-year-old woman, and all four of my grandparents came to my daughter’s birthday party three weeks ago. Simply based the numbers, that…

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The Joy of Finding Home Folks Away from Memphis

Candace Echols March 17, 2022 No Comments Candace EcholsYellow Chair ChronEchols

“Sorry, y’all.” Six other people were already on the gondola, but the worker in charge of moving the line along insisted I join them. I…

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How Alex Lomax Made Me Cry

Candace Echols March 9, 2022 No Comments Candace EcholsMemphis TigersYellow Chair ChronEchols

In case you’re not aware, looking up with your eyeballs helps to drain tears just before they fall. Nobody will ever even know they were…

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Threads: A Sartorial Reflection on Writing

Candace Echols February 28, 2022 1 Comment Candace EcholsFashionYellow Chair ChronEchols

Threads This moment finds me with four daughters who like my taste in clothing. No doubt, this will likely evaporate before these words hit the…

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Birthdays: Looking Backward and Forward

Candace Echols February 23, 2022 No Comments Candace EcholsYellow Chair ChronEchols

A gaggle of eight-year-old girls is running through the hallways of my house right now. One just broke off from the group to play her…

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