Memphasis > The Skinny
August 21st, 2014
THE NAKED TRUTH. Of the occasions I’ve been skinny dipping, two stand out. The first ended in an FBI interrogation and the other in front of a generation of city leaders. The summer before my senior year in high school, a group of us made frequent trespasses to a secluded wet spot on a farm off Winchester. Elam’s Pond has long since been lost to progress ...
Memphasis > The Q Party
August 14th, 2014
CRISIS AVERTED. It’s all a matter of perspective. At the height of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, a friend’s father was in Corinth, Mississippi, on business. He was outside the courthouse having a cigarette and waiting for an appointment when he overheard a conversation between two old men on a bench. “You know, those missiles down there in Cuba ...
Memphasis > Paying Attention
August 7th, 2014
ON MY WATCH. AND YOURS. Mrs. Parker tends her corner of the garden at Trezevant with loving dedication, looking up from her planting and fussing with a gloved wave to Nora and me as we walk by of a morning. A couple of years ago, she presented us with a bag of ginger lily roots. Hers was taking up too much room, and she didn’t want it to spread any more. The ...
Memphasis > Ask A Lawyer
July 31st, 2014
JUDGED BY LAWYERS. Q: What do you when you have a lawyer buried up to the neck in sand?A: Not enough sand. Lawyers can’t catch a break. Q: What the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?A: One is a bottom-feeding, crap-eating scavenger. The other is a fish. Both of those jokes were told to me by lawyers, but then the funniest line I’ve ever heard ...
Memphasis > Discriminate
July 24th, 2014
DISCRIMINATING TASTE. By all means, discriminate. Refuse to accept some prepackaged deal as the best you can do, some label to be the quality test. In the known, look for proven performance from each individual offering, standing alone, not just part of some group menu. In the unknown, demand fresh and bold, the promise of new and interesting interpretations from old ...
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