My Parents By My Uncle

Neat thing about Facebook is that sometimes your uncle posts a photo you’ve never seen before of your parents, and it makes your heart swell with love.

They look so happy. I can’t tell exactly how old the photo is, but I’m guessing maybe ten years or so. I can tell it was taken during a [...]

The College Photos

Are done.

Whole set here. Many pictures of me looking skinny and hot and oh so young. Also many pictures of you, possibly, if we were kickin’ it back then. Feast your eyes on this taste of scanned memories…

House of Brews

My dad’s managing a new specialty beer store in Clarksville. Over 400 varieties. They’ve got all the regular stuff, all the not-so-regular stuff and the really not regular stuff. I’m proud and excited for my dad. I know the store will do well. And taking home a case of free microbrews every time I visit [...]

Day 278 (10/09/2009): Parents’ House

Their place is a wonderland of antiques, old oddities and natural history. Some photos were monkeyed in Lightroom. Some weren’t. More pics and details in this Flickr set.

Rural King

Mom and I had time to kill before we could visit Amber and Avan on their second day in the hospital, so I rode along as she ran errands and gave me a tour of areas of Clarksville I rarely see. One of these errands was Rural King.

Mom is a bird watcher. The backyard is [...]

Day 277 (10/08/2009): Andrew and Avan

Went back out to the hospital for Round Two of baby time. I thought I’d give the daddy some time in the spotlight today. This is Andrew.

(More pics from this day in the Avan Vaughan Powell Flickr set)

Day 276 (10/7/2009): AVAN VAUGHAN POWELL!!!

This is the first of many long overdue posts. Updating the blog has been difficult because I have been — surprise — out of my house and away from the computer screen! I’m finally understanding the allure of the laptop. They’re so tiny and a pain to use but oh the portability!

But who gives a [...]

Playing catch-up. Day 263: Beetle and snake.

Wednesday afternoon/evening (well, two Wednesdays ago, now), I drove to Clarksville. I spent a few days there and my next few Project 365 photos will be from there. I’m going back on Tuesday because MY SISTER IS HAVING HER BABY ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH. WOOO!!! Wow. We’re going to have a baby in our family. [...]

The Future Past-Explosion: Preparing to Publish My Childhood

Three enormous Rubbermaid bins sit in my dining room. They’re treasure chests but also suitcase bombs. They hold my half of the contents of my sister’s and my childhood bedroom, conveniently boxed and stored nearly a decade ago after my parents turned it into a guest room. And now opened and remembered by yours truly. [...]

“Baby brewing, Meber style”

So what kind of sister would I be if I saw this photo on my pregnant sister’s Facebook page and DIDN’T steal it and post it on Flickr, Twitter and Scribblescrawl? Seriously, I would be completely remiss in my sisterly duties if I did not let the world gaze upon the poise and grace of [...]

OVERHEARD

I am the highest performing alcoholic in the entire Memphis auto body fastener sales community. — Craig Meek