Looking at Cincinnati from Paul Brown Stadium
Photography
Seeing the Fireworks from the South Main Arts District
Getting anywhere in downtown Memphis on July 4th was nearly impossible (we later found out it was due to a string of shootings that had …
What’s Left of Waterford, Mississippi
No Blues in Holly Springs?
I had taken off work early on Thursday June 27th because I read online that there was live blues every Thursday night during the summer …
Bentonia and the Blue Front Cafe
When I entered Bentonia, I headed straight for the Blue Front Cafe, where I thought the Bentonia Blues Festival was going on, but I soon …
A Detour To Ebenezer
Highway 433 was supposed to run from Lexington, Mississippi straight to Bentonia, but only a few miles out of Lexington I ran into a major …
A Quiet Saturday in Lexington, MS
On the way to the Bentonia Blues Festival, I had to pass through Lexington, Mississippi, the county seat of Holmes County, and I stopped at …
Treme After the Second-Line
Even as people begin to leave the end of a second-line, there is an excitement throughout the surrounding neighborhood.
The Wildman
This painting of a Black Indian Wildman was on the door of a house along the parade route for the Money Wasters second-line. In the …
Treme On A Sunday Morning Before the Second-Line
Before Treme was a TV show, Treme was a neighborhood, named for Claude Treme, the owner of the plantation back of New Orleans’ ramparts, which …





