Conaway: Stormy weather, thousands of miles away, but never far from home
A barge motors up the Mississippi River under the closed Hernando DeSoto Bridge on Monday, May 17, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
After a harrowing flight to Minnesota, a young adman learns three important lessons, one of which is you’re never very far from Memphis.
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