13/13 Memories and Moving forward

So today is the 13th anniversary of my husband’s death. We were married 13 years, bringing an odd symmetry. It was 13 years of medical nightmares, constant stress (will this phone call be the one?), glorious travel & lavish entertaining with a group of widely...

So About Last Night

The BF and I were finishing off a day of birthday celebration by watching King Creole (Elvis!) when it started smelling like a campfire. Since this is not typically how our living room smells, I went to check it out. The kitchen was filling up with smoke. I sent the...
Memphis: River and Blues

Memphis: River and Blues

We find our AirBnB place in a lovely neighborhood about 30 minutes away from the river, but close to a hip neighborhood.  The room is large, but we have to walk through the kitchen and dining room to get to the bathroom, which is off the living room.  The bathroom has...
Mississippi

Mississippi

We decide to break our trip to Memphis in Oxford, MS, where William Faulkner lived and wrote.  After leaving the Battle of New Orleans National Park, we head north.  It turns out that Memphis is pretty much due north from NOLA, and Oxford is not too far out of the...