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The Mississippi that Might Still Be

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 28, 2020. Posted in Featured, General, Racism to Reconciliation. 2 Comments on The Mississippi that Might Still Be

When I heard that Mississippi during this massive moment of potential change was focusing on its racist flag, at first I thought, oh, dear Lord —that’s what Mississippians think matters now? But. I lose count when I try to say how many generations I’ve been from Mississippi (’cause, you know, we’re not very good at...

When a White Woman Accuses a Black Man

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 5, 2020. Posted in General, GOD, HOMELESSNESS, Racism to Reconciliation. 6 Comments on When a White Woman Accuses a Black Man

He was a writer, a man I’ll call Jonathan. Jonathan was in writing group with me one hour before he was accused of having snatched a purse from a woman on the street, a felony even though the purse had less than $10 in it. I told the investigators that Jonathan had just left writing group when this crime supposedly occurred; there was no way...

Christians Leave Trump in Droves

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 3, 2020. Posted in General, GOD, Racism to Reconciliation. 15 Comments on Christians Leave Trump in Droves

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church condemned it. Trump “used a church building and the Holy Bible for partisan political purposes. This was done in a time of deep hurt and pain in our country, and his action did nothing to help us or to heal us,” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said in a statement. The Episcopal Bishop of Washington...

When Your Racist Beliefs are Challenged….

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on January 20, 2020. Posted in General, Racism to Reconciliation. 8 Comments on When Your Racist Beliefs are Challenged….

When I was in the 7th grade, I went on a weekend trip with a new friend. Drew was Jewish and, as she explained, because her grandmother was with us on that Passover, we would be observing. We went to what I, a young girl newly minted from Mississippi, called the coast, and they called the beach. I remember it as a remote island. I’m sure it...

Today, In Memphis

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 11, 2019. Posted in FASHION, General, GRIEF, HOMELESSNESS, LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation. 4 Comments on Today, In Memphis

Today, in Memphis, we met a fun new couple who have been leaders in Memphis for decades and live in our downtown neighborhood. How? We went to a coffee shop, in Memphis. Today, in Memphis, I had lunch where one of the most accomplished, energetic, enthusiastic women I’ve ever met, and we plotted to end homelessness and world domination...

A Writer’s Work

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 16, 2018. Posted in FASHION, General, GOD, GRIEF, HOMELESSNESS, LAWYER, LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. 6 Comments on A Writer’s Work

In the last five days, I’ve: Approved the final back cover for MODEL FOR DECEPTION, my next and second novel I’ll be releasing, and worked with the graphics person on formatting its content and taming a Table of Contents that, when properly formatted, ran on for 5 pages….sheesh. Finished the final manuscript revisions to THE HART WOMEN, the...

Spilling Forth Your Talents

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 5, 2018. Posted in FASHION, GOD, GRIEF, HOMELESSNESS, LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. No Comments on Spilling Forth Your Talents

I’m working on it, I promise!!! (Photographed at The Buttercup, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi)

I Hear the Mississippi Summer Calling

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on June 3, 2018. Posted in General, LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation. 10 Comments on I Hear the Mississippi Summer Calling

The smell of a Mississippi summer is a dirt and weed smell, hot and bitter and full of insect noises and blaring sunlight and popping grass seeds that scent the air loamy so that your mind wanders to your toes and the dirt below and the small things that crawl inside the cool dark earth. But, in a flash, the blazing sun will bring you back to your...

#MLK50: No Neat Bow

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 5, 2018. Posted in LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation. 2 Comments on #MLK50: No Neat Bow

I spent yesterday at two different events. One was a service at Calvary Episcopal Church to dedicate a new marker on the site of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s slave market. The old marker referred to Forrest’s time in Memphis where his “business enterprises made him wealthy.” The old marker did not identify Forrest’s business as human trafficking—selling...

#MLK50: The Beloved Community

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 4, 2018. Posted in LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation. 4 Comments on #MLK50: The Beloved Community

“It is impossible for white Americans to grasp the depths and dimensions of the Negro’s dilemma without understanding what it means to be a Negro in America. Of course it is not easy to perform this act of empathy. Putting oneself in another person’s place is always fraught with difficulties. Over and over again it is said in...