Recent Stories & Articles A festival kind of guy10/31/2009 10:01:00 PM This past weekend made six for six Great Delta Bear Affairs in Rolling Fork, a festival held to commemorate President Teddy Roosevelt’s bear hunting trip to the south Delta. For Cousin Tuffy and his sidekick, Victor10/18/2009 12:07:00 AM A few weeks ago, a friend of mine gave me a signed copy of Memphis historian Ron Hall’s latest book, “Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling.” Fall — my favorite9/28/2009 9:40:00 AM Can you hear it? Can you smell it? Can you see it?
I can — fall.
My Blackberry sounded at 4:18 Tuesday afternoon. I set it several weeks ago to remind me that I could end my self-imposed summer hibernation and celebrate the autumnal equinox, the beginning of fall. A Blackberry jam8/1/2009 10:36:00 PM I just got a Blackberry.
Some of you — that’s folks living the good life — may be wondering whether or not I picked it myself or bought it at the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market.
No. Finding true love in the fantasy suite7/18/2009 How I got hooked on “The Bachelorette,” I’ll never know.
I’m so ashamed.
For those of you who make better use of your time, it’s a reality series/contest produced by ABC. Confused7/5/2009 This health care crisis they keep talking about has gotten me confused, and — please don’t take this as bragging — I’m not nearly as dumb as I look. Kady Truesdale: The man behind the column6/21/2009 “Let me tell you a secret, about a father’s love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us.
He said daddies don’t just love their children every now and then.
Its a love without end, amen, its a love without end, amen.
“A Father’s Love” by George Strait
These lyrics ring so true in the Truesdale household. Throughout the duration of this column you have heard many a story about the man behind the column’s three children — also known as Number One Son, Number Two Son, and Third Favorite. “Strummin’” this week will take on a different perspective, to tell you about Number One Dad from the perspective of Third Favorite, his only daughter, Kady. Hoping Detroit gets on the right bus — this time6/13/2009 I began taking an interest in hot cars when my bicycle lost its appeal with the girls in my class, somewhere around the age of 12. ‘Never take a job’5/1/2009 “If I had your hand, I’d throw mine in.”
Those are the words of encouragement I gave one of my best pals a few days ago during what turned out to be a pretty somber visit. His job is going away. I had to remind him that he is super intelligent and has a laundry list of accomplishments he couldn’t fit on a four-page resumé. It can’t be just luck ... or can it?4/17/2009 Before you begin reading this Sunday’s interesting and informative “Strummin’,” you should know that I’m lucky. The Delta Music Institute road trip3/20/2009 A couple of Saturdays ago a singing pal of mine and I took a day trip over through the Delta. The drawing card was a concert to celebrate the start-up of the Delta Music Institute (DMI) at my old alma mater, Delta State University. This pack rat has got a plan2/21/2009 I’m not a certified empty nester.
Having three kids in college who might return like bad nickels if this economy thing doesn’t turn around, makes me no more than an empty nester-in-training. Flash — buy kitchen tables and pre-fab onion dip2/7/2009 Strummin Search our archives for older stories by Roger Truesdale
