BOOKS & BANDS & BRITS
Summer reading (sublime and ridiculous). Elliott Smith's letter. Brooklyn's baristas. Fugazi fantasies. Italian kidnapping. And a world of walls
Buttermilk & Molasses v2.01
Writing. Richmond. Life. Art. Culture. Politics.
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FULL OF INVITATION
Traveling with my kids, moving toward people, and making room for art
EVOLUTION, NOT DILUTION
Feedback, firsts, disappearing murals, recurring melodies, and time to query
DEVOTION MAKES LIFE MEANINGFUL
Certain friends. Certain books. Certain bands. Certain obsessions. Certain people we invent.
THE HARD WAY
New art, fifteen nails, one bad clock, a cup of coffee, and a 2,200-mile drive
THINKING NEEDS A PLACE TO GATHER
ancient stories, social reading, pennycandystores and spaces that make sense
SOMETHING LEMON, DEFINITELY
A Quaker cemetery, a 35-ton cake in a landfill, a doorbell for fish, and America at 300
THE ROADS WE HAND DOWN
Not every return needs to feel like a pilgrimage. Sometimes, it can just be vacation.
THE FEW LESS SPECTACULAR
Bands, boxes, and the stubborn business of remembering
MAYBE THE WATER IS JUST MORE WATER
Pinched nerves, Sufi mystics, a comedy of aging, and meeting your people