Echols: ‘Riding all over Memphis, waiting for the very same thing’
Candace Echols dines with Matt, an avid bicyclist often seen pedaling on streets all over Memphis. (Courtesy Candace Echols)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“All these years, we have been living parallel lives. I drive down the middle lane while he bikes on the sidewalk.”
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