Edward Morris

Life

And Then There's This... Three Non-Valentine Poems for Norma

In our 61 years together, I can't recall ever giving my wife Norma a Valentine nor celebrating the occasion with her. To me, it was utter silliness that a day and a symbol I had nothing to do with creating could render me more romantic than I could be on my own.

Life

Flights of imagination now boarding at Kingston Springs Library

If arctic blasts, short days of half-hearted sunshine and the hideous cost of good brandy are getting you down, then head immediately to the Kingston Springs Library and book your psyche for an escape flight to cheerier places and times.

Life

And Then There's This... Norma: Bitter Pills & Glances

This is the August 14, 2020, excerpt from “Stardust: An Alzheimer's Love Story,” my day to day accounts of caring for my wife Norma in the advanced stages of her dementia.

Life

Happy new reads from the Kingston Springs Library

We know libraries are magical places. But unless your imagination is far more mushroomy than mine, you've never conjured up a situation like the one depicted by Hiki Harada in her “Dinner at the Night Library.”

Life

And Then There's This... Norma: Scenes from a Marriage

This is the June 17, 2020, excerpt from “Stardust: An Alzheimer's Love Story,” my day to day accounts of caring for my wife Norma in the advanced stages of her dementia.

Life

And Then There's This... Norma: Collateral Damage

This is the May 25, 2020, excerpt from “Stardust: An Alzheimer's Love Story,” my day to day accounts of caring for my wife Norma in the advanced stages of her dementia. Norma has fallen. Hard. And I let it happen. I had just helped her into clean pajamas,

Opinion

Jake Owen: Middle Age Savvy

Hometown country star Jake Owen's new album – "Dreams to Dream" – should be listened to with the lights dimmed, the phone silenced and a glass of wine within sipping distance. The lyrics roll out like pages of a good book and ponder such weighty subjects as lost

Life

And Then There's This... Norma: 'How Long Will It Be Dark?'

This is the April 24, 2020, excerpt from “Stardust: An Alzheimer's Love Story,” my day to day accounts of caring for my wife Norma in the advanced stages of her dementia. I haven't written lately about caring for Norma because I've been too exhausted.

Life

And Then There's This... Norma: Flashes and Fixations

This is the March 21, 2020, excerpt from “Stardust: An Alzheimer's Love Story,” my day to day accounts of caring for my wife Norma in the advanced stages of her dementia. This time I'm scared. Instead of being awakened in the middle of the night by

Life

Joint projects and jingle bells: New books at town library

So much exciting reading ahead! Two cross-genre projects and a sheaf of fresh Christmas titles stand out among the new books added this month to the South Cheatham County Public Library.

Life

And Then There's This... Norma: Solitary Confinement

This is the Feb. 28, 2020, excerpt from “Stardust: An Alzheimer's Love Story,” my day to day accounts of caring for my wife Norma in the advanced stages of her dementia. She is tense with frustration. There's something she must tell me, and it will not

Life

And Then There's This... Norma: Dry Humor

This is the Feb. 20, 2020, excerpt from “Stardust: An Alzheimer's Love Story,” my day to day accounts of caring for my wife Norma in the advanced stages of her dementia. I can lead Norma to water, but I can't make her drink. And I'