Still Loves Bandaids
Answer me this: What's with kids and bandaids? I taped up about a half-dozen blisters on my daughter's feet yesterday afternoon. She was rapt. And then, she asked for more. She's 17 and coulda easily put them on herself. She usually does. But as I was...
Three Friends: A Shared Tapestry of Life
Pandora played carols quietly in the background. Cider simmered wisps of cinnamon and clove into the atmosphere. With our fingers, we consumed chunks of warm, moist gingerbread. It had been about Christmastime last that we three had met like this. Only last time we...
Autism: The Financial Fiasco
Despite my self-pledge to post less and keep it lighter this holiday, today's post today is published in honor of the thousands of Tennesseans living with disAbilities who receive minimal but important funds from The Family Support Program, which is currently on...
Jerry Atnip, Gone South
I'm about to make a gross over-generalization here: Photographers are "nice" people. When you are holding an instrument that some cultures believe captures the soul--and maybe if the operator is especially good...at least the essence of the...
Three Years This Day
Bite. Pull. Tear. Quickly: lick the juice before it streams a forearm's length. This morning I stood above my kitchen sink peeling an orange for breakfast. As I sloughed the thick rind, bearing the translucent juice-bursting slices, I thought of her. And when I...
“Diffability”
"Diffability" by Alice Duva, used with permission Diffability -noun 1. To perform in a manner physically, cognitively or emotionally that is not consistent with a standard ...
Occupy Nashville
Dear Occupy Nashville, Thank you for fulfilling your civic duty, for telling your truth, for standing up for the little guys--most of us are they little guys. Thank you for being passionate, for being brave, for sacrificing for those of us who just cannot. Thank you...
