Conaway: Moving — the archaeology of lives
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
We make progress, and then we find another failing envelope, labelled in fading ink, full of old pics of people with life in front of them, their faces full of possibility, and hours are lost as we know them again, as we visit them again, as we return.
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