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MTM’s French Tickler

On: February 9, 2015

Life hasn’t been kind to MTM. Between his collarbone (he’s out of the sling but not back on the bike), my eye (coming down off steroids is maddening, I tell you) and my book things (WHYOHWHYOHWHY ISN’T ANYONE BUYING MY BOOK??????!!!!!!?????? I scream as I bang my head into his intricately prepared dinner and stab myself with my fork), we aren’t the easiest couple these days. His every sexual overture is met with me grabbing the computer and shouting, “IF I JUST TWEAK THIS THING RIGHT HERE, TWO MORE PEOPLE WILL DOWNLOAD MY MEMOIR!!!!!”Continue Reading

Make a Memory: Chef Nico Romo

By: Andra Watkins

On: February 9, 2015

In: Books, Reading, What's Happening?, Writing

I count Chef Nico Romo among my dearest friends. When he first came to Fish Restaurant, he agreed to make a silly video with me, a loud Southern stranger who screamed in his French kitchen. It was our first encounter.

Maybe we understood each other. Even then.Continue Reading

Visit the Natchez Trace: Emerald Mound

By: Andra Watkins

On: February 6, 2015

In: Books, Reading, Travel, What's Happening?, Writing

Humans have inhabited the Natchez Trace corridor for thousands of years. Their voices electrify the air, skip across blades of grass, swoosh between leaves and Spanish moss.

At Emerald Mound, souls shimmer everywhere.Continue Reading

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