After growing up in Memphis, Josh wasn’t much of a home town advocate. “I didn’t see the appeal when I was young; locals are tougher on their city.” But after moving back, he b...Read More >
Friday I was on my way to work. At the intersection of Clearbrook and Winchester I always pause before taking off at the green light because for some reason, people do not stop at this light.&nb...Read More >
My work: I am CFO of a contract janitorial company that has a footprint in five Southeastern states.
I feel most at home: In the boardroom.
The world would be a better place if only: We to...Read More >
Happy, a civil rights activist since the 1960s, is modest about her community contributions. “I’m just a volunteer, but I’ve been doing it a long time,” she says. Daughter Dott...Read More >
Every Thursday afternoon, you could find Hazel and Violet Edwards, single sisters in their 50s, sitting in Dr. MacDonald’s small downtown office. Once a week, the optometrist traveled from a ...Read More >
Writing a romance novel can be hard.
Very hard.
Not actually hard like a slow, throbbing, erect dragon waiting to release its masculine fire inside you, but hard like difficult.
This is espec...Read More >
Back in college, I lived on a steady diet of frozen yogurt, falafel, and Simone de Beauvoir. She was my heroine, and her book The Second Sex was my Bible. I also read Germaine Greer and many obscure F...Read More >
By the ripe age of 21, every woman should be able to undo their own bra. As young girls fumbling our way through puberty, we are handed down an age-old technique for bra removal. This little behind...Read More >
In 1965, Dominican diplomat, race car driver, and general man about town Porfirio Rubirosa married his fifth wife, French actress Odile Rodin. He was a young 56. She was a mature 19. When interviewi...Read More >
Man...what can I say? I know so many people are touched by death, especially in Iran, Iraq, Somalia. Even in our own backyards with gang warfare, domestic violence, and police brutality.&n...Read More >
Attempting to be a good friend, I've spent the last hour trying to work magic to rearrange the endless Summer commitments that my Mississippi State maroon colored blackberry (GO DAWGS!)...Read More >
Barry is so sexy to me ya'll!! Who is Barry? It's what they used to call Barack when he was in college, that's what. Yeah I said it, he's sexy. I know, to some I've almost blas...Read More >
Kids are so funny. I have nieces and nephews that keep me in stitches all the time. I was playing the kiddie version of the dozens with them one time – yeah, I do that – ...Read More >