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My great-grandmother (far left) and her bowling team. She was the coolest.

Messick High School basketball game. Memphis, TN. 1950s.

Please read my newest piece, a short memoir/essay, if you find the time. And a big thanks to The Grief Diaries for accepting my work!

Downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. December 2015. I broke my toe the day before. Taken by the amazingly talented Lenore Seal.

My father’s parents, when they had just graduated high school. This must’ve been in the mid 1950s, Memphis. They were very much in love. I would love to have a love like theirs.

I turned 30 on November 18th. It’s been a magical week with white roses, projections of Kurosawa films, dancing, champagne, friends, family, and one huge party with a haiku competition. This year’s haiku theme: me. Memphis, TN. 2015.

I’m 30 today!

Memphis, TN. Early 1970s. Great-grandmother in center, and my dad in those fly-ass checkered pants.

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Hawaii, 1968. Taken by my great-grandmother on vacation.

Ladies at a church reception for a bride-to-be, 1966. From my great-grandmother.

My great-grandfather, hunting. 1960s.

Jon writes poetry

And he'd love if you read it!

I write poetry!

My grandmother holding my older sister. Memphis, TN. 1983.

Me and my siblings at the playground at Troutbeck, a conference center in Zimbabwe, 1992.

My dad in this sweet coat. Christmas 1972. Memphis, TN.

Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. June 1994.

From my childhood.

Classroom in Zimbabwe, near Biet Bridge. June 1994.

Ndebele woman selling handmade lace. Downtown Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. June 1994.

My parents were missionaries, so we grew up there during our formative years. I miss Bulawayo a lot sometimes.

Me, at the lake. Fulton, MS. 9 May 2015.

I couldn’t help myself. The lake makes me feel sickening.

My grandmother at a wedding. She was always so beautiful.

Memphis, TN. 1970s.

Polka player. Taken by my grandmother, 1978.

My grandfather (from my mother’s side) in his uniform. Circa early 1960s.

Fort Courage, Arizona. July 14, 1970. Taken by my great-grandmother.

Flowers at Disneyland, July 1970. Taken by my great-grandmother.

Also, it's snowing in Memphis, TN (which never happens, especially in March), and I'm loving it!

July 1970. Taken by my great-grandmother on vacation.

The Grand Canyon. July 14, 1970. Taken by my great-grandmother.

Two recent pictures. Why not? You've seen my relatives, both long-gone and alive.

The first is from a museum party; the Jenny Holzer installation was broken, hence the face.

The second is me at school, teaching how different animals use their senses of smell.

My father (third from left), his siblings, and my great-grandmother on a road trip to California. 1965.