Tom Kimmel

May greetings!

My first manager gave me two great pieces of advice that have served me well over the years.

1. A sport coat dresses up anything. Check!

2. Don't say anything political unless you want to run off half…

February greetings!

What a couple of weeks of weather! I pray wherever you are you're warm and safe. We were very lucky here in Memphis. Iced in for a few days, but that’s it. My heart goes out to everybody…

New Year’s Greetings!  

Well we made it through 2025, that much is certain. And for the New Year, I'm praying for a return to civility, common sense, and a reconnection with our founders' values.

I know, it’s a lot to…

December Greetings!

So here we are, mid-December and here come the holidays. You can feel it in the air.. and see it on our to-do lists. Thus I shall be extra brief.

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1. New writing…

Autumn Greetings!

It’s a beautiful fall day here in Memphis. I love Memphis. I was born here, have always had family here. And right now Memphis is one of five special cities occupied by federal special forces. I don't like…

Everybody!

If y’all have followed me for any length of time, you know how much I love Ireland. In fact, I'm heading back over there in 2 short weeks.  

Brief Irish history lesson:

Back in 1845, the potato crop in…

Greetings from the planet formally known as Earth!

Summer greetings from the planet formally known as Earth—and how I wish that was funnier..

Speaking of humor, however, not long ago I got a an email from a fan in Germany…

Greetings from Overton Park in Memphis!

It's a beautiful,clear day here. Tomorrow the weatherman says it'll be rainy, and the day after that. Then the temperature will drop to the 40s, then more warm, blue sky days. It's normal spring…

Greetings from Planet Earth!

Speaking of the planet, are y’all familiar with a guy named Bill McKibben? Back in the day, Letterman had him on The Late Show a few times, and that’s where I ran across him. He’d written…

January greetings!

So here we are, neck deep in a New Year, and is this science fiction? This time of great promise and peril, amazing possibility and dark potential? Has there ever been a time of faster change? Definitely not…

December greetings!

Here come the holidays! I'm thinking of them as if I'm approaching a big rapid in my small boat. I hear the roaring in the distance, then it's louder... and louder. I have a look from the top…

November Greetings!

Not to skip past current events, I want to say that I'm still rooting for the home team—Team Everybody. We're a scrappy bunch. Big fan base. BIg hearts.

Speaking of scrappy, Thanksgiving is around the corner, and I…