There was a time in my life, back when I was in my thirties when I was a crime reporter. Perhaps you are familiar with them from the movies: they are always two steps ahead of the cops, they put their lives at risk, and they are awakened at their crummy apartment at 6 a.m. by the lead detective, with whom they were in the army.
“Got anything to drink in this dump?
“While I was working earlier today, my daughter came downstairs to my office, and said with a confused but slightly amused look on her face that two ‘very nice young gentlemen’ at the front door had ‘brandished’ ears of corn at her and said they were for the chickens. She took them down to the coop. I think a good time was had by all. I’m so grateful for wonderful neighbors and good friends, and for all of you here at Civil Discourse.
The Storyteller
I am old and my memory is not what it used to be, but if I recall correctly it was in 1948 that I first came up, in a fit of inspiration, with the basic outline of the character of Justin Smith-Ruiu. Of course that’s not what I was calling him back then, for indeed this name emerges only out of a very recent plot twist. But it was then that the seed of the person we all now know as “JSR” got planted in my mind, and quickly began to grow.
IN MEMORIAM DEP'T.LORI TERESA YEARWOOD died this week, killed by cancer. Lori was an extraordinary person and an extraordinary writer, but to say so feels like missing the point of her work. What Lori bore witness to, drawing on her own journey into and out of homelessness, was that none of us is extraordinary enough to stand safely apart from the dehumanizing forces in our society—and, simultaneously, that every person is an extraordinary person, if you're willing to hear what they have to say.
I’m writing today’s newsletter with both my kids home from camp with some kind of sniffly virus (hopefully just a cold and not THAT OTHER THING), and honestly, I’m not feeling so great myself. So please bear with me.
A few weeks ago, my family traveled to San Diego to visit extended family, and one moment in particular has stuck with me. We were on the plane to JFK, sitting a few rows from the back of a Boeing 737.
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The Most Spoken Languages in American Neighborhoods (Besides English and Spanish)
Within each U.S. state, major city and district of New York City, we used U.S. Census Bureau data to discover the prevalent language used in local households apart from English and Spanish.
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“WHERE THE ROAD GOES” is the first song to drop from the Old 97’s new album American Primitive. I wrote it in Montana at a bend in the Blackfoot River. I found myself playing a simple chord pattern on a loop and meditating on the gratitude I felt for having survived so long.
"Where The Road Goes" official video
From downtown Dallas to a cabin on the coast
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I've traveled all over, talking to a variety of audiences, from medical providers to book club women to grown ups on relationship retreats.
And you know what everyone wants to know?
“Why do couples stop having sex?”
And of course the answer is, “For lots of different reasons.
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If you think John Denver was the most mystically inclined singer-songwriter of the 70s, then hold on to your power crystals. In “Wildfire,” Michael Murphey (or Michael Martin…
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