disillusionment
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On the other side of despair
“Sometime it’s purty hard to do the right thing,” an old philosopher once said. “You don’t always know what’s gonna come of it.” Bits of folk wisdom like that, from cartoonist J.P. Alley, used to appear most days alongside the news in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. From 1914 to 1968 they provided a humanizing balance Continue reading
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That final trip home
My resolve not to return to Missouri for a visit started to waver months ago as I considered a retrospective (final?) tour of the turf where my family roots are sunk deep. I recalled how grounded I felt in 2019 when I last wandered the hills and homesteads my paternal family line has called home Continue reading
