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 in general. How? She found me on the internet and we talked on the phone and we had lunch, in Memphis.
Today, in Memphis, I heard a roomful of people praise, weep for, and sing (literally) the praises of a man who introduced himself as “schizophrenic, nonviolent.” Because everyone loved him, in Memphis.
Today, in Memphis, I went to a neighborhood dry cleaners where a man asked me how I was doing, and I said, “I’m well, and you?” And he said, You don’t talk like you’re from the South. And I laughed, in Memphis.
Today, in Memphis, I bought a pair of earrings by an artist whose work is “a modernization of my family’s heritage through a colorful and bold interpretation.” And I will be wearing these fantastic earrings, in Memphis.
Today, in Memphis, I donated to the Black Lives Matter Bail Fund to help those who can’t pay bail get the hell out of jail and back into the swirl of life, in Memphis.
Today, in Memphis, I met a dog named Kobe and proselytized about Makeda’s Butter Cookies until I got converts and was agog that it is snowing where I’ll be going next week and lit candles for those I love and opened doors that were closed and lived my life, in Memphis.
Comeback Coffee, David Quarles IV Jewelry, Makeda's Butter Cookies, Memphis
Luanne
Beautiful! Happy Mother’s Day, Ellen!
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you! And Happy Mother’s Day to you as well.
Susanne
Memphis sounds like a good place to be, Ellen. A wonderful homage to your home and its people.
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you. It was a good day of gathering with folks from Nigeria, the Mississippi Delta, Mexico City, and India, while seeing beloved friends and having quirky encounters. Hope you had a good Mother’s Day.