Memphasis > Outrageous 2017
December 28th, 2017
EVERY DAY, AN EMBARRASSMENT OF CHOICES This year is, thankfully, coming to a close. Early in the year, a group of us from here and there set about documenting the actions of an administration already out of control. We thought we would produce a calendar with an example for each day of something outrageous reported in mainstream media. Our research didn’t produce ...
Memphasis > My Christmas Story
December 21st, 2017
CHRISTMAS TIME Every Christmas I tell this story, and in the telling Christmas comes home. It was my first time to England and overseas, and prime time for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Soho. It was time to discover pubs, and Scottish eggs, bubble & squeak and spotted dick. Time to discover that bitter, served warm, is twice as strong as our brew, that a British ...
Memphasis > What To Give Them For Christmas
December 14th, 2017
GIVE THEM TOMORROW. See the children. See them run. See the children. See them play. See the children. See them see. See the children. See them learn. See the children. See all that’s possible. As I prepared to write the 2011 annual report for the Memphis City Schools pre-kindergarten program, just a quick review of numbers and stats told me that this ...
Memphasis > Reminded Again
December 7th, 2017
WE NEED ADVICE, FROM OURSELVES. When I closed up my parents’ home some 30 years ago, I found myself in my old room, going through my desk drawers one more time. In the back of one, I found something I’d missed – a magnifying glass with a loose handle. Curious, I pulled the handle off and saw a piece of a paper inside. Unrolling it, I recognized the note ...
Memphasis > We’re original. Act like it.
November 30th, 2017
IF YOU’RE COPYING, IT’S NOT YOURS. My church has an impressive mosaic of da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” over the altar – the one a friend says should be called, “Everybody get on the same side of the table so I can take this picture.” True to the original in every detail, the mosaic is even more impressive when you realize it ...
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