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You’re reading Ways of Life, a weekly obituaries newsletter from The Charlotte Ledger honoring our friends, neighbors and family members who made an impact on Charlotte through the ways they lived their lives. Pastor Harry Reeder died last Thursday morning in an auto accident in Alabama. The former pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews was 75. (Photo courtesy of Briarwood Presbyterian Church)By Marty Minchin Harry Reeder had, according to a longtime pastoral associate, limitless capacity.

Yes, it’s true that we forgot Shakespeare’s Birthday yesterday (and strangely, also his death date), but we plan to make it right by texting him hilarious belated birthday memes throughout the day to overcompensate for our mistake. Besides, “what is past is prologue.” So we think he would appreciate the gesture but also applaud the humor in some of these memes. Did we actually create them all? No, we just screenshotted them from some shitty website, but still, it’s the thought that counts and besides, he would think some of them were clever.

Last Tuesday, I published a Power Hungry Podcast with Everett Waller, the chairman of the Osage Minerals Council. I have been in contact with Waller for nearly four years, but he has refused to do an interview because the tribe was in litigation against Enel. But on December 20, a federal judge in Tulsa sided with the tribe and declared that the Italian company must remove all 84 turbines it built using the tribe’s rocks without getting a permit.

Judge Joanna Tabit of West Virginia, who presided over the juvenile drug court in Charleston, in a scene from our HBO movie Our Towns. She changed her community and her state, and died this week at age 62. (Steven Ascher / HBO.) Two highly influential women—one known to the world, one who deserved recognition far beyond her home state—have died in the past two days. I want to join in appreciations of the first, and say something more about the second.

Of all the things I’ve written, this piece may be one I’ve doubted & questioned the most. I wrote many drafts, recorded long voice notes, scribbled anxious, spiraling ideas on a whiteboard… only to go back & delete everything. It’s terrifying to share intimate details on the hurdles I haven’t figured out how to overcome or tackle yet. But maybe that is what makes this piece important & necessary for me to share with you.

Welcome to Gilmore Women: Two journalists discuss everything that’s wrong with every episode of Gilmore Girls & why we still love it Beloved readers: We felt like this week’s episodes represented more of a two-episode arc than two separate storylines, plus we both wanted to write about why we loved this late-series introduction of Luke’s sister, … ncG1vNJzZmifmaG6sL7EsKamnZ5jwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89orp5lnKTDpnnLorFmnJGjsrR5wKebZq%2BVYrGwutNmmpqqlQ%3D%3D

[You’re reading a post from my Adjacent Possible newsletter. Sign up to receive more essays and conversations like this one in your inbox.] “The average weekly chance that a boosted person died of Covid was about one in a million during October and November… That risk is not zero, but it is not far from it. The chance that an average American will die in a car crash this week is significantly higher—about 2.

FYI I’m going to be discussing what happened in a documentary series, so if you consider those spoilers, this will have spoilers. Also, read on for some general housekeeping, including the latest links, newest podcasts, and assorted ephemera. — This past week I watched The Curious Case Of Natalia Grace, a six-part series that stands out as one of the strangest, most baffling television binges in which I’ve ever engaged (which I did willingly, and would probably do again, though I’m still infuriated by it).

It brings me no joy to do this. Honestly, I’ve been avoiding it for years. But Capricorn, I can’t stay silent any longer. This is an intervention. You’re addicted to astrology. On a first date, you crave a quick fix of what’s your sign? When you get a job offer, you’re lost until you check your horoscope for guidance from Io and Europa. When a friend says you’re too emotional, you blame it on the fact that your mom was induced three weeks before your due date.