Shortly after I started first grade, I started taking voice lessons from a teacher in town named Joe Kincaid. “Mr. Joe” had a lot of students that had success in talent shows at the Mid-South Fair in Memphis. My cousin Sammy was one of his success stories. Sammy lived next door to us, and we …
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Playing Music By Ear
My mom was a piano teacher. In my earliest memories, there was a piano in our living room. I remember kids coming to our house in the afternoon to take lessons. My mom sat in a rocker next to the piano as her students played their weekly assignments. If they did well enough, they would …
Elvis Week 2022
“Wow! What a rip-off!” I heard this early during this year’s trip to Elvis Week. The lady that said it was having issues with the lockers located outside of the ticket office at the visitors’ center at Graceland. From what I heard them say, part of her issue was trying to use Canadian quarters to …
Meet and Greet
We have a new employee at work. His name is Meet Patel. My co-worker Phil asked me today, “Did you meet Meet? I know you were out of town when they had the meet and greet to meet Meet.” I said, “I did meet Meet. But not at the meet and greet for Meet. I …
Jury Duty
A few years ago, I served on a jury for my first and, to this point, only time. I had been in the pool of potential jurors before but had never even had my name called to screened out by the attorneys. This day felt different. I already knew that this was an attempted 2nd …
A Purse Snatching at an ATM
Back when my children were young, our family was driving through town one afternoon down a 4-lane street that had an extra turning lane in the middle. We were travelling southbound, and a police car was travelling north on the other side of the road. There was a bank with a drive-thru and an ATM …
Guidance from the GPS
My wife and I recently went on vacation to Ashville, North Carolina. On our way home, we planned to drop by and visit our daughter who lives in Waverly, Tennessee. Our daughter lives a little over an hour away from us. It had been a couple of weeks since we had seen her. We had …
Ashville Food Tour
We recently took a vacation to Ashville, North Carolina. My sister had been there a few weeks before we went and recommended that we take a food tour. She said it was a fun way to experience a variety of local restaurants in a short period of time. My wife made arrangements for our food …
Broken Arm
At 9 PM on January 18, 2022, I went to put our trash on the road. My wife Andrea and I had been watching something on TV. During a break between shows, I planned to take care of the trash while Andrea got ready for bed and put on a Muumuu. I moved our trash …
Elvis Movie
Because of my repeated various connections to Elvis, people are naturally interested in my reaction to the new Elvis movie. As a fan of the Elvis phenomenon as well as a fan of Baz Luhrmann films, I had high expectations for this film. It didn’t disappoint. I also continue to purchase movies that I like …