I am in the midst of reading a book that I can't put down. It is compelling, scary but each chapter ends happily. I am talking about "The Big Green Purse". If you don't know of it, google it. Everyone in this world should have it with them every time they shop. I am buying extra copies on Amazon (used of course) and sharing them with friends and relatives.
Jean
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
CHAPTER 2
DAY 5, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR FRIEND, BONNIE BROWN, WE TOURED PARKIN ARCHEOLOGICAL STATE PARK IN PARKIN,AR. IT IS ALONG THE ST. FRANCES RIVER AND A VERY PRETTY SITE. IT HAD A MISSISSIPPIAN MOUND AND OLD PARKIN CEMETERY. WE THEN DROVE NORTH TO TYRONZA, WHERE WE VISITED THE SOUTHERN TENANT FARMERS MUSEUM. IN THE 1930’S BLACKS AND WHITES FORMED A UNION TO DEMAND BETTER CONDITIONS FROM THE LAND OWNERS. WE HAD VISITED THE SITE OF THE MUSEUM A FEW YEARS AGO AND MET A FRIEND OF HERS WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTING UP THIS MUSEUM AND WROTE A BOOK TITLED “PLOWING NEW GROUND”
WE THEN DROVE SOUTH TO CLARKSDALE,MS AND STAYED AT BIG PINK GUESTHOUSE. SINCE THE NEXT DAY WAS THE 4TH OF JULY AND IT WOULD BE CLOSED, WE ONLY HAD ONE HOUR TO TOUR THE DELTA BLUES MUSEUM WHICH WAS JUST ACROSS THE STREET. THAT NIGHT WE HAD DINNER AND LISTENED TO BLUES AT THE GROUND ZERO BLUES RESTAURANT PARTIALLY OWNED BY MORGAN FREEMAN. WE LEARNED FROM OUR UNIQUE HOST AT THE BIG PINK GUESTHOUSE THAT TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ GRANDPARENTS LIVED IN CLARKSDALE AND HE VISITED THEM FREQUENTLY.
DAY 6 JULY 4TH, AS WE WERE HEADING TO MEMPHIS ON RT. 61,WE SAW A SIGN FOR RIVER PARK. IT IS A LARGE MUSEUM ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND IS VERY NEW. WE FOUND THE HOLLYWOOD CAFÉ ON OUR WAY TO MEMPHIS AND ATE FRIED DILL PICKLES. WE WERE NOT IMPRESSED. WE DECIDED TO STAY IN OUR ROOM AS WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE ON BEALE STREET ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
DAY 7 WE TOOK A RIVER BOAT RIDE ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND TOURED THE WOODRUFF-FONTAINE MANSION IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE ALSO SAW THE LEE MANSION. WE FOUND A CUTE CAFÉ CALLED CAFÉ 61. HIGHWAY 61 IS THE “BLUES HIGHWAY” THAT RUNS FROM CANADA THROUGH MEMPHIS DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS. CLIFFORD HAD FRIED ALLIGATOR. ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR FRIEND, SHARI CALLAHAN, WE ATE DINNER AT RENDEVOUS RESTAURANT. IT IS TUCKED AWAY IN AN ALLEY BUT WAS PACKED EVEN ON A VERY RAINY EVENING. WE THEN WENT TO MY FAVORITE PLACE ON BEALE STREE. THE UM BOOGIE CAFÉ.
MORE TO COME, JEAN
WE THEN DROVE SOUTH TO CLARKSDALE,MS AND STAYED AT BIG PINK GUESTHOUSE. SINCE THE NEXT DAY WAS THE 4TH OF JULY AND IT WOULD BE CLOSED, WE ONLY HAD ONE HOUR TO TOUR THE DELTA BLUES MUSEUM WHICH WAS JUST ACROSS THE STREET. THAT NIGHT WE HAD DINNER AND LISTENED TO BLUES AT THE GROUND ZERO BLUES RESTAURANT PARTIALLY OWNED BY MORGAN FREEMAN. WE LEARNED FROM OUR UNIQUE HOST AT THE BIG PINK GUESTHOUSE THAT TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ GRANDPARENTS LIVED IN CLARKSDALE AND HE VISITED THEM FREQUENTLY.
DAY 6 JULY 4TH, AS WE WERE HEADING TO MEMPHIS ON RT. 61,WE SAW A SIGN FOR RIVER PARK. IT IS A LARGE MUSEUM ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND IS VERY NEW. WE FOUND THE HOLLYWOOD CAFÉ ON OUR WAY TO MEMPHIS AND ATE FRIED DILL PICKLES. WE WERE NOT IMPRESSED. WE DECIDED TO STAY IN OUR ROOM AS WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE ON BEALE STREET ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
DAY 7 WE TOOK A RIVER BOAT RIDE ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND TOURED THE WOODRUFF-FONTAINE MANSION IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE ALSO SAW THE LEE MANSION. WE FOUND A CUTE CAFÉ CALLED CAFÉ 61. HIGHWAY 61 IS THE “BLUES HIGHWAY” THAT RUNS FROM CANADA THROUGH MEMPHIS DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS. CLIFFORD HAD FRIED ALLIGATOR. ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR FRIEND, SHARI CALLAHAN, WE ATE DINNER AT RENDEVOUS RESTAURANT. IT IS TUCKED AWAY IN AN ALLEY BUT WAS PACKED EVEN ON A VERY RAINY EVENING. WE THEN WENT TO MY FAVORITE PLACE ON BEALE STREE. THE UM BOOGIE CAFÉ.
MORE TO COME, JEAN
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