Years ago, a friend told me about her favorite Memphis day of the year. It wasn't a specific date, but she knew it when she saw it. It's the day when all the trees have leafed out fully, fresh and green, before…
I just flew back from a vacation in France, and boy, mes bras sont fatigués.
France is my wife's home country, and for the last couple of weeks I've been doing a lot of listening, as she and her family spoke français at mach-speed. Oh, I nodded as though I understood, and I laughed when they did. But I wasn't fooling anyone ...
I've got bad news for you if you like to drive around with your pet in your lap. The Tennessee General Assembly is about to pass a law prohibiting that practice. They also just passed a bill that would outlaw saggy pants in school ...
Last Saturday, the usual bunch of regulars was seated in front of the big screen by the snack bar at Galloway golf course watching the Masters tournament. As golfers who were making the turn came in, they watched for a minute or two, then someone from each group inevitably asked, "How's Tiger doing?"
I have been trying all week to find out Jesus' position on contraception. According to the Catholic Church, he was definitely against it. They could be right, I suppose. I was raised in the Methodist Church, and I don't recall Reverend Pegues or my Sunday school teacher, Mrs. Cornett, having much to say about it ...
"The deer have guns." That's one of the messages I took away from a recent web conference in San Francisco on the future of the newspaper business. It's a catchy way of saying that the old media model is experiencing enormous change — and not just the dead-tree newspaper model ...