now, how does that song go? oh yeah! “way down yonder on the chattahoochee…i learned how to swim, and i learned who i was — a lot about livin’, and a little ’bout love.” well that very river (that’s right, the same one that, as alan jackson discovered, rhymes with nothing except “hoochie coochie”) is...
Monthly Archives: May 2009
ella and friends
last sunday phillip and i went down to clarkston for our little niece’s baby dedication. at five months young, ella is definitely one adorable little munchkin. i love how her eyes light up when she laughs and also how she furrows her tiny brow like her dad when she studies your face. as always, we...
the big easy
i can still hear the air-piercing whine of brass — sometimes mournful, always jubilant — when i look at these images. i thought i knew what new orleans jazz sounded like. it’s distinct enough. i could always pick it out if i heard it on the radio. but i hadn’t heard nothin’ till last month,...
80 years young
you know how some grandfathers are “grandpa” to just about everyone? well, that’s how mr. greenlee is to me. technically he’s my first cousins’ grandfather, but he’s like a grandpa to all of us kids on my dad’s side of the family. one of the things i like most about mr. greenlee is that he...