Nov 9, 2011 | Accident, therapy
11:45am – Sherry met her physical therapist today for evaluation and initial treatments. It was pretty rough going for her, and she was glad to be done and get back to the house. She’s scheduled for two sessions per week for the time being, and for ongoing...
Nov 8, 2011 | Accident, elbow, Gabel
Sherry visited the orthopedic surgeon this morning and had the splint and stitches removed. She has quite an incision. Thank goodness that heavy splint is off, and she only has to contend with the sling for now.Her elbow and shoulder Xrays are looking good, and she...
Nov 6, 2011 | Accident
1:45pm – It’s been almost two days now since Sherry’s visit to the Neurosensory Surgical Center at Methodist Hospital. Today she slept in and was still in bed when I got home from church. The Third-Graders at Palmer were already working on this...
Nov 5, 2011 | Accident
1:21pm – Sherry slept well last night. We’re continuing the cold compress treatments (frozen peas from Methodist), and she’s passing her red color saturation tests. She’s more comfortable in our bed than she was yesterday on that hospital...
Nov 5, 2011 | Accident, Methodist, Neurosensory, Soparkar
11:12 pm – They released her from the Methodist Neurosensory Surgical Center at around 9:50pm. After a slow drive home, we’ve got her in her own bed, resting with frozen peas on her face (doctor’s orders). Dr. Soparkar called at 11:00pm to check on...
Nov 4, 2011 | Accident, Methodist, Soparkar, surgery, Taylor
6:55 pm – Both doctors (Dr. Terry Taylor, maxillofacial/oral surgeon, & Dr. Soparkar, eye plastic surgeon) report that things went well; she looks good. She’s sporting a titanium plate in her cheek area, and a new synthetic orbitbal floor. This is...
Nov 4, 2011 | Accident, Alford, Methodist, Soparkar, Taylor
We checked Sherry in at Methodist Neurosensory Surgical Center as ordered at 8:45 this morning. At about 12:30 pm., Dr. Soparkar came to tell us that Dr. Alford had taken ill and could not operate. They put in a call to another ENT who agreed to do the operation, but...
Oct 28, 2011 | Accident, elbow, Gabel
Took Sherry into the Kirby Surgical Center at 5:45 a.m., and they wheeled her into surgery at 7:15. At 8:15, Dr. Gabel came to give me an update. They decided to go with a plate rather than with the wire as they had originally intended. I saw the xray which clearly...
Oct 27, 2011 | Accident, Garb
Today we took Sherry to see Dr. Garb, her primary care physician, to get a clearance (required by Methodist Hospital) for her to undergo surgery. Tomorrow we take her over to the Kirby surgical center to have her elbow repaired.How’s she doing? She’s very...
Oct 26, 2011 | Accident, Alford, Soparkar
We took Sherry’s new CT scan films to Dr. Eugene Alford, and he walked us through the procedure he and Dr. Soparkar plan to do on November 4. Dr. Alford will use titanium plates to hold her various fractures together. He had the same surgery done himself by Dr....
Oct 25, 2011 | Accident, elbow, Gabel
Thanks to PCAC member and fellow Palmer Parishioner, Tana Key, we were able to get Sherry in to see Dr. Gerard Gabel first thing today.He proposed using wire to repair her broken elbow; in the course of his examination, he noticed extreme tenderness in her shoulder,...
Oct 25, 2011 | Accident, imaging, Soparkar
Dr. Soparkar ordered more CT scans; we went to the Hermann Memorial Imaging Center on Richmond and had another round of scans done. We delivered one set of films to Dr. Soparkar’s office. He called to say he’d reviewed the films and was set to do the...
Oct 24, 2011 | Accident, Alford, Key, Soparkar
We took Sherry in to see Dr. Key at Methodist, and he gave her a clean bill of health on the condition of her eye; but noted that she needed extra help with the multiple fractures of her orbit and face. He got us in to see Dr. Charles Soparkar within an hour. Dr....
Oct 22, 2011 | Accident
Where is Todd's Creek? Randal Byrd | September 16, 2016 | Church Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling At 9:00 A.M. Saturday morning, our first incoming phone call was from Dr. Jim Key, ophthalmologist, who also happens to...
Oct 22, 2011 | Accident
At around 8:30 pm on Friday, October 21, 2011, Sherry lost control of her bicycle and flipped over the handle bars. I was with her, and rushed to her side immediately. She was unconscious, lying on her back, and a pool of blood formed under her head.She regained...
May 3, 2011 | art
Billions and Billions Acrylics on 8″ x 10″...
May 3, 2011 | art
Nude Sketch Ink on Card Stock Click on Image for Larger...
May 3, 2011 | art
The Blues Acrylics on 8″x 10″ Canvas Click on Image for Larger...
Apr 30, 2011 | art
Sketch of Stardust ...
Apr 28, 2011 | art
Ink on Paper A preliminary sketch. Click on the image for larger...
Apr 25, 2011 | art, painting
Craters Acrylics on 18″ x 18″ Canvas Click on Image for Larger...
Apr 25, 2011 | art, painting
Six Moons I shot a photo of Sherry’s egg carton paint palette, and that moved me to try replicating the image on canvas. Well, sort of. Acrylic on Canvas 16″ x 20″ Click on Image for Larger View Back to...
Apr 25, 2011 | art
Acrylic on Ceramic Tile Acrylics on 8 1/2″ x 13″ Ceramic Tile Click on Image for Larger...
Mar 12, 2011 | art
Acrylic on Plastic Sherry’s refrigerator egg container that she uses as a pallet. To me, it’s abstract art....
Mar 11, 2011 | Church
Shrove Tuesday Pictures These are a few of the pictures from our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church. All proceeds go toward supporting Youth Mission...
Jun 28, 2010 | Story-Telling
The Mayor and I There once was a county clerk in Memphis, by the name of Dick Hackett. He was a hard line fundamentalist right winger who required female employees to wear bras. I wrote him and volunteered to be the county bra “inspector.” Needless to say, I...
Jun 21, 2010 | Lagniappe, Story-Telling
Church Stuff anglicans online bcp (By Section) bcp (Entire Book in PDF) bible Bible Gateway bishop doyle bishop doyle recommends bishop greg rickel childrens ministry online church calendar 1 | church calendar 2 daily office episcopal cafe episcopal church episcopal...
Jan 15, 2010 | Church, Nutter
Here I Stand: Pacts with the Devil and Haiti The Rev’d James W. Nutter January 14, 2010 From today’s Houston Chronicle: “Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been ‘cursed’ because of what he calls a ‘pact with the devil’ in its history.” Well, I...
Jan 3, 2008 | Politics & Current Events
Who Is Tommy Moore An unusual springtime snowfall canceled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s plans for a March 22, 1968 protest. More than 16 inches fell: the second largest snowfall in Memphis history, and well beyond the city’s yearly snowfall average of 5.6 inches. But...
Jan 3, 2008 | Story-Telling
Who Is Tommy Moore? An unusual springtime snowfall canceled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s plans for a March 22, 1968 protest. More than 16 inches fell: the second largest snowfall in Memphis history, and well beyond the city’s yearly snowfall average of...
Aug 23, 2003 | 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 before me” experience; at least...
Aug 23, 2001 | Story-Telling
Rassling A recent post to the Frayser High Class of 1969 website by Gary Harrison (class of ‘72) mentioned famous wrestlers, Tojo Yamamoto and Jackie Fargo. It reminded me of two other famous personalities from that same era, and I thought I’d relate this tale to my...
Aug 23, 2001 | Story-Telling
The Mayor & I There once was a county clerk in Memphis, by the name of Dick Hackett. He was a hard line fundamentalist right winger who required female employees to wear bras. I wrote him and volunteered to be the county bra “inspector.” Needless to say, I didn’t...
Jul 31, 2001 | Story-Telling
Wall Jesus 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 him?)....
Oct 26, 2000 | Story-Telling
Sam’s Houston Press Articles – 2023 Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling Sam Byrd is a freelance contributor to the Houston Press who loves to take in all of Houston’s sights, sounds, food and fun. He also...
Oct 26, 2000 | Story-Telling
Sam’s Houston Press Articles – 2019 Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling Sam Byrd is a freelance contributor to the Houston Press who loves to take in all of Houston’s sights, sounds, food and fun. He also...
Oct 26, 2000 | Story-Telling
Sam’s Houston Press Articles – 2017 Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling Sam Byrd is a freelance contributor to the Houston Press who loves to take in all of Houston’s sights, sounds, food and fun. He also...
Oct 26, 2000 | Story-Telling
Sam’s Houston Press Articles – 2016 Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling Sam Byrd is a freelance contributor to the Houston Press who loves to take in all of Houston’s sights, sounds, food and fun. He also...
Oct 26, 2000 | Story-Telling
Sam’s Houston Press Articles – 2017 Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling Sam Byrd is a freelance contributor to the Houston Press who loves to take in all of Houston’s sights, sounds, food and fun. He also...
Oct 26, 2000 | Story-Telling
Sam’s Houston Press Articles – 2017 Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling Sam Byrd is a freelance contributor to the Houston Press who loves to take in all of Houston’s sights, sounds, food and fun. He also...
Oct 25, 2000 | Politics & Current Events
Sam’s Houston Press Articles – 2020 Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling Sam Byrd is a freelance contributor to the Houston Press who loves to take in all of Houston’s sights, sounds, food and fun. He also...
Aug 23, 2000 | Story-Telling
Todd Creek I grew up literally on the bank of a bayou back 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 sometimes...
Jan 26, 2000 | Story-Telling
Sam’s Houston Press Articles – 2023 Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling Sam Byrd is a freelance contributor to the Houston Press who loves to take in all of Houston’s sights, sounds, food and fun. He also...
Jan 1, 2000 | Church
Inform Your Face You Are a Christian “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7 In a recent sermon, Father Nutter told us the story of a preacher who asked his...
