Stephen Yeargin

Earlier today I was sitting in a coffee shop in midtown Memphis, waiting on two Eggos and a fruit plate. The place was an eclectic mix of everything you expect to see in a non-corporate coffee shop, complete with the colorful characters that frequent such establishments. I cannot pass judgment, as I am one of [...]

A week or two ago, I was asked to do a quick blog post on my thoughts from participating in last year’s Ellie’s Run for Africa. I was happy to do it, and had already planned to run in this year’s event. Because I work for one of the sponsors now, several of my co-workers [...]

“Should this mirror go?” “Yeah, the water was at least that high, and the wood is probably starting to mold.” I set down the prybar that I had been using in a futile effort to remove the carpeting edging and placed both hands to either side of the mirror. I stopped suddenly. “Wow.” On the [...]

I sat there by the water’s edge, gazing into it as we awaited our next move. The light tower from the Nashville-Davidson County Office of Emergency Management reflected in the pool of water. A few days earlier, I would have been sitting on the edge of a parking lot. Tonight, I was peering down into [...]

We sit on a dry street in East Nashville, completely oblivious to the catastrophe that is striking Nashville and the surrounding areas. Strike that, we are hardly oblivious — at this very hour, a police scanner is rattling off streets and units numbers, and Samantha is furiously hammering out the details on Twitter and Facebook. [...]