Bizarre things happen late at night. When you’re just walking around aimlessly, not really trying to get anywhere except away from drunken crowds. When you’ve just spent the past three days quoting from your favorite film set in Memphis, Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch, and have forgotten to even look for the sites that wereContinueContinue reading “Jarmusch Junkies (Memphis, TN)”
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Coffins and Keyholes (Pompeii, Italy)
Keyhole to Eternity – photo provided by author I wasthe girl of the chain letter,the girl full of talk of coffins and keyholes,the one of the telephone bills,the wrinkled photo and the lost connections.Anne Sexton When I was in middle school, one of my favorite things to do during breaks and the lunch hour wasContinueContinue reading “Coffins and Keyholes (Pompeii, Italy)”
Bridging the Gap (Memphis, TN)
These days, it’s hard for me to consider a photo shoot complete without indulging my lines, light, and shadow obsession. Sometimes that requires an impractical amount of intentional wandering, at just the right time of day to try to catch the sun falling in just the right direction behind bizarre ordinary objects (benches are myContinueContinue reading “Bridging the Gap (Memphis, TN)”
Earnestine and Hazel’s (Memphis, TN)
Storefront – photo provided by Danger One of my unofficial “rules” that I try to follow when preparing for a trip is pick the brains of people whose taste I admire, who have been to said location, and ask them where I should go that maybe wouldn’t show up in your typical Things to DoContinueContinue reading “Earnestine and Hazel’s (Memphis, TN)”
Vacation Deprivation
We’ll meet again, some sunny day – photo provided by author My brain is doing that thing again. The irritable twitching when I get an email. The momentary burst of headache when I hear a door close. The obsessive inability to look away from all the little pieces of dust on the floor, which isContinueContinue reading “Vacation Deprivation”
Trivial Things: Sword Dancing (Kenbu)
Every once in awhile, it’s helpful to look back on times when you were foolish. Out of your element in every way, but going for it anyway, and continuing to go for it, just a little longer than maybe was healthy for you. Which brings me to today’s story. I am often complimented — byContinueContinue reading “Trivial Things: Sword Dancing (Kenbu)”
Braving Beale Street (Memphis, TN)
After driving through several states over the prior few days, we were ready to hunker down in Memphis for a day or two. Our first stop, of course, was Beale Street. I can’t say I recommend going to Beale Street during the 4th of July (Holy Sardine Packing Batman!), but I am glad that IContinueContinue reading “Braving Beale Street (Memphis, TN)”
Erubisu (Graceland – Memphis, TN)
Elvis Museum – photos provided by author It’s true: I am deeply, utterly conflicted. Alas, that which I completely and utterly love is also that which fills me with irreconcilable anxiety. Yet as much as my insides churn with angst, I can’t stop myself from indulging. It’s very much a part of who I am.ContinueContinue reading “Erubisu (Graceland – Memphis, TN)”
Johnson v. Lucifer (Clarksdale, MS)
A young man suffers an incredible loss – his wife and child died in childbirth — and decides to hide away from the world for a few years, pouring his anguish into his music. He emerges back into the public eye, sharing his hard-earned gift as an incredible guitar player and his Delta Blues music.ContinueContinue reading “Johnson v. Lucifer (Clarksdale, MS)”
Trivial Things: The Dream Within the Diorama
Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder today. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam … And wuv, twoo wuv, will fowow you foweva …”The Princess Bride” – spoken by The impressive Clergyman As a kid, I never questioned whether I would get married. Most of the grown-ups in my life who weren’tContinueContinue reading “Trivial Things: The Dream Within the Diorama”
Muttering Retreats 