Tag Archives: Jim Eikner

GOODBYE TO A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

GOODBYE TO A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN Jim Eikner In the summer of 1955, my sister, who was 14 years my senior, went on her first date with the man who would become her life-long partner. This occasion would have scarcely been … Continue reading →

Posted in Deborah Carpenter | Tagged | 6 Comments

The Jefferson Davis You May Not Know By Jim Eikner

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Jim Eikner

  The opportunity had surpassed my expectations. My employer, the public television station and PBS affiliate in Memphis, WKNO, was holding a reception promoting and celebrating the return of Ken Burns’ acclaimed television series, The Civil War.” I had arrived … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Jim Eikner | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Seersucker Flash Mob by Jim Eikner

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Jim Eikner

Not since Gary Cooper strode that dusty western street to do in the seemingly invincible black-hat jaspers in the academy award winning movie, has “High Noon” assumed such dramatic proportions. But it was just at that seersucker hour at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim Eikner, Porch Style | Tagged , , | 4 Comments