Full circle stories: Lindsay Chandler, 1937 — 2013
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From cars to cantaloupes, my family has always bought locally if we could. Still do.
When we moved to Memphis many years ago, Lindsay Chandler...
Osceola waits for better times
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Osceola, Arkansas -- Osceola is impatient. Sitting on the banks of the Mississippi River, 40 miles north of Memphis, the little delta town has...
Where will the storytellers go?
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I think they'll go to small startups. To communities of readers, businesses, community organizations and journalists who all share a common passion. Readers,...
Making it on your own
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When Ray passed away the Great Depression was well underway, breaking up families all across the country. Melinda was left with eight children and...
A Dog’s Best Friend
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Sometime around 1975, I think it was our junior year at the University of Cincinnati, Teresa and I bought a dog and named him Walter just because he...
Recycling Tyronza
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You gotta earn it on the Delta.
Hammering mortar off bricks in the Delta sun is not for everyone. On a hot September day Keith...
Prodigal son
"When I got off the plane at Detroit Metro I had an odd moment. I'd left Detroit in 1971 and when I left ... I left."
I grew up near...