Strummin’: Remembering Duff
Jerry Lee “Duff” Dorrough passed away Wednesday in Ruleville. He’d had a tough last year or two. He fought the good fight.
Roger Truesdale: Got change for a yen?
Columbus has a problem — ninjas.
Roger Truesdale: The picture chronicle
The other day I got an e-mail from the boss lady here at the paper explaining how we are going for a new look in our columnists’ photos, so a new picture was the order of the day.
Roger Truesdale: ‘I’ve got this place’
I’ve got this place where I like to go to ponder. Some of you might have one, too. It’s not so much that we need a special place for pondering; some places are just better suited for it than others.
My place is “The Asphalt” — not necessarily a name that conjures up an image of a tranquil setting conducive for contemplating one’s place in the universe.
Roger Truesdale: Some things you never forget
Something just wasn’t right about that Sunday back in February 1971. It was too warm and humid for a winter day. I was home in Rolling Fork for a weekend getaway from school and a taste of Mama’s home cooking.
Roger Truesdale: Writer’s block and remembering Lynn
Some of you may have noticed that I have been absent over the last few weeks. I have had writer’s block. I called on a friend of mine who writes and edits for a living. He gave me hope. He confessed that he, too, suffers from this malady once in a while.