I can promise you up front that I will not go on and on about what has become known as “The Little Easy”.  I could write for miles about how I feel about this place that William Faulkner called “his little postage stamp of Earth”.  And I don’t think for one second I am the only one that carries a love and extreme fondness for this location, there are many who would say it’s ‘home’ although most of us are not fortunate enough to own a 38655 zip code, but all deep down dream about the day we might!
We have all seen The Andy Griffith Show, and most that have are always scanning the country side imagining what it would be like to live in the fictional Mayberry, USA.  I think the closest one might come is no doubt Oxford, Mississippi. The home of The University of Mississippi, or Ole Miss.  I know I am not the first to write expressing a deep love for Oxford, nor I am the first writer, or musician to have been inspired by this place.  Here is a short list of novelist that have made Oxford home; John Grisham, Willie Morris, Barry Hannah, Cynthia Shearer, Larry Brown… then recently my dear friend Sam Haskell, the author of the best selling book Promises I Made My Mother…. Oh, yes and there is the a fore mentioned William Faulkner whose home remains a must see.  A place I, like many were drawn to for its simple beauty and it’s ever calming peace. A place called Rowan Oak.
Mr. Grisham has a couple of book stores located around the square in downtown Oxford.  When I visit I find myself inside Square Books.  There is no question this is my favorite bookstore anywhere.  I find the charm clinging, and its unique table of ’signed by the author’ books a huge bonus!  And, yes there are often books singed by Mr. Grisham himself.
Oxford, Mississippi, “The Little Easy”, “The postage stamp of Earth”, Home of the University of Mississippi.
Once more I find this big heart humbled by going back ‘home’ next week to Oxford.  This is the place that Wynn Varble (playing the role of Hamlet), Troy Jones (playing the role of John Don John or, Big Daddy), and I (playing the role of Chuck) converge from different parts of the world to the Power House Theatre January 21, and 22nd to perform my musical comedy, “Toe Roaster”!
Wynn, Troy and I have performed this show all over the country, and through all five years of doing so we have had one steady request; “When are you guys going to do a DVD”?  We have been listening, and waiting for the perfect place.  And, we have found the perfect place…  “The Little Easy”, if you have been there you would agree.  We hope to see all our friends in Oxford, Mississippi next week to sit around the Toe Roaster to help support WORLD PEACE !

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