Memphasis > Mae Be, Mae Be Not
January 30th, 2014
MAE BE ONTO SOMETHING. State senator Mae Beavers – really, that’s her name – has offered legislation that makes it against the law in Tennessee to obey the law in the United States – really, I couldn’t possibly make that up. Ah, the sweet memories so many of us want to hold onto down here in the grits belt – states’ rights, ...
Memphasis > Driving While Stupid
January 23rd, 2014
DRIVING US CRAZY. I write about things Memphis, and there’s nothing more Memphis than the idiots on our roads. Our driving is like our unpredictable, even dangerous creativity, our shtick of doing old things in new ways and scaring people to death while we’re at it. My father-in-law once backed his car a quarter mile down the interstate shoulder ...
Memphasis > Give Me My Money, The Sequel
January 16th, 2014
A BILLION IS, LIKE, A LOT. Sometimes numbers are so huge – so much larger than life, if you will – they are beyond our comprehension. For instance, the tonsillectomy that went so horribly wrong recently and left one child brain dead can engage the national media and captivate the country for weeks – while we pay no attention at all to the millions ...
Memphasis > Give Me My Money
January 9th, 2014
IT’S MINE, AND I WANT IT BACK. I thought I heard the captain say Pay me my money down Tomorrow is our sailing day Pay me my money down That’s from the old work song, “Pay Me My Money Down,” later sung by Pete Seeger and more lately by Bruce Springsteen. I’d like for Bill, Ron, Mark, Brian, all the boys and Beth in Nashville to gather round and ...
Memphasis > Horseback Rides with Weddings
January 2nd, 2014
BRIDAL PATHS As I did last year, I begin this year revisiting markers on the journey. When I was little, I was sure you went to cool weddings by horseback. After all, Roy and Dale were married, and they sang “Happy Trails To You” from the back of a horse every week. Mom and Dad were married, and they spent the first year of their marriage in Arizona riding ...
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