Category Archives: Essays

Thanksgiving

When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of myself as a young boy, watching the Thanksgiving parade on television; mom busy in the kitchen preparing our Thanksgiving dinner and the feeling of love all around. I remember a gray, cold and cloudy day; the steamy windows that cooking made and snowflakes in the air. This was my best… Read More »

Snowflakes

They say that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. I don’t know how they know this. Has anyone really seen every snowflake there has ever been? Still, it is fun to think that each snowflake is different because they all seem the same from a distance. It’s sort of like people isn’t it? We’re all the same from… Read More »

Contrasts

Let me start off by saying I slept well last night. Actually, I slept well but not very long, which is better than sleeping long but not very well, I guess. I fell asleep before 11 – no disturbing late night phone calls. I would have shut my cell phone off, but I needed the alarm clock. Oh,… Read More »

Breakfast at Epiphanies

I lost my job. I lost my family. I lost my home. I lost everything. Last year was not a good year. In fact the last couple of years haven’t been so hot. I’m doing the best I can. Living on the streets of Memphis isn’t easy any time – but it’s really tough in winter. It’s January… Read More »

Quantum English

Someone once said that if you use bad grammar it’s kind of like having bad breath – you can say all sorts of intelligent things but no one is going to take you seriously. You can gargle and chew gum for your breath, but if you’re grammatically illiterate, until now there was no easy solution. Luckily for you,… Read More »

In Between

Imagine you are a wave on the ocean, and you’re born of the salt and the wind. As you are born you see nothing but the blue of the sea and an endless journey before you. You are small and insignificant – there are mightier waves all around you. You are young and light, aqua and translucent. You… Read More »