Jefferson & Claybrook – Circa 1976
The neighborhood I grew up in is called Madison Heights. I didn’t know that at the time and only recently learned that while researching other streets and neighborhoods for my podcast, Our Memphis History. I mention it to give you an idea of how much you probably do not know about where you grew up. You […]
Quarantined Day 1 – Smokey Mountains
We decided to make a 6 hour trip east to the Smokey Mountains and to a cabin along a stream. Figure if you have to stay away, might as well stay way away. It’s a nice cabin above the ground with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, so not a small cramped living by any means. […]
Roots
A good friend sent me a copy of the 1953 Sanborn Map with my house on it. Even though it’s basically a crude line drawing it brings back a lot of memories. I was raised at 1296 Jefferson, in a duplex just east of Claybrook. You can see the house just about the middle of […]
Looking Forward
I turned 55 this past October. Didn’t think that would be much of a big deal but this birthday affected me more than hitting 40 or 50. Those are supposedly the ones that cause more heartache but the big 55 was worse. Not sure why but it made me really think about mortality and exactly […]
“So Much Wasted Time”
If you’ve paid attention to media reports of David Cassidy’s passing you have probably heard the story of his last words. His daughter reported that the 70’s singer’s final words were “So much wasted time”. I can’t think of a sadder ending than this. The former teen heartthrob must have had quite the life growing […]
Friends
I’m reminded lately of time passing. It seems that birthdays come much quicker than they used to. Now we count friendships in decades rather than years. Old friends are on your mind more than they used to be. You care deeply about them and how their life is going. I recently had the immense pleasure […]
El Salvador Mission Trip
Tomorrow starts my mission trip to San Salvador, El Salvador. I’m looking forward to a new appreciation of this vast and varied world in which we live. I’ve been told these are the types of trips that will change your live for the better and give you a different world view. I’m open to that […]
2016
I’m getting an early start on 2016 and the things I want to change both in my life and around me. Music – I recently bought some musical gear to rekindle my desire to write and record music. I’ll spend more time on that this year and hopefully I’ll post some songs before the year […]
The Music Reboot
Anyone who follows this blog probably knows that I was a musician in my younger years. My much younger years. If my math is correct I haven’t played an instrument since the early to mid 90’s, so more than 20 years. That changes this week. I have ordered a guitar, bass, drum machine, keyboard midi […]
Our New York Trip
Most of you who are friends on Facebook have seen some of the images we took while we were in NY this past week. These are some of the pictures I took. I’ll post more once Suzanne downloads them from her phone & camera.