by Randal Byrd | Oct 26, 2023 | Story-Telling
Todd’s Creek I grew up literally on the bank of a bayou in Memphis, Tennessee. Of course, we didn’t call it a “bayou.” We called it “The Ditch.” It’s real name was “Todd’s Creek,” which I sometimes call just “Todd Creek” (leaving out the possessive). Or I...
by Randal Byrd | Oct 26, 2023 | Story-Telling
Jesus on the Wall As far back as I can remember, the picture hung on my grandmother’s wall in her living room. Jesus holds a little lamb in one arm, and a shepherd’s crook in the other hand. Sheep gather around, and one looks up at Jesus (Like he knows him and trusts...
by Randal Byrd | Aug 4, 2019 | Food, Story-Telling
Pursued by the Magician’s Assistant Once, at a Gridiron Show cast party, the magician’s assistant made a play for me. I wasn’t interested and tried to dodge her. She persisted. One of the other acts was a lady barbershop quartet. They saw what was...
by Randal Byrd | Aug 24, 2016 | Story-Telling
Schools and Unions So much talk about this that and the other —- how about our schools? Teachers, tests, standards, on, and on, and on…. Yes, all of this is important. Did you ever think about who cooks the food? Who waxes the floors? Who carries out the...
by Randal Byrd | Aug 24, 2016 | Story-Telling
Quarter Beer Night Most of us have heard at one time or another a hair-raising tale about an event which was so harrowing that it caused the storyteller’s “whole life to flash before” him. I’m not sure I’ve ever had such a “flash...
by Randal Byrd | Apr 11, 2013 | Food, host, Story-Telling
Tommy Moore Sightings Thanks to my brother, Dwayne, for tipping me off to these two sightings of the Tommy Moore picture. One on the local Fox News affiliate in Memphis, and the other on CNN. The Fox News segment apparently lifts verbiage straight from this blog post....
