books
Salvation on Sand Mountain, Dennis Covington the south, faith, snakes, self reflection
The light was low and golden over the field, and charles voice rose above it like a vapor, unamplified, snatched away by the breeze. p. 71
James, Percival Everett stark opportuinty to hear another perspective
Drowning to death always made a person more interesting, but I wanted at that moment, to be, to remain, as boring as possible. p. 85
A Pilgrimage to Eternity, Timothy Egan true pligrmiage, body, mind, and spirit
…joys and wonders are not forbidden fruits—otherwise why should they be so abundant? To reject the “pleasure, beauty and truth” that can be found in creation, as Augustine said he had to do in order to understand the divine, is not an arguement for God. It’s an arguement againt God. p. 244
The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt warnings and cries to change lives
As for your own interaction with your child, they don’t have to be “optimized.” You don’t have to make every second special or educational. It’s a relationship, not a class. But what you do often matters much more than what you say…
Reversing Etropy, Luci Shaw new poems from our sage guide
…I cry about the losses, the enevitible decay,
the leaving and dying, praying with small remaining
fragments of memory… Leaving p. 112
music
Down to the Letter, Grace Pettis Pierce’s daughter, and so much more
Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free, Bonny Light Horseman playing the Wild Buffalo in October!
Butterfly, Shelby Lynne Consequences Of The Crown, new album, August
Dana Cooper in Bellingham 6.23.24 Sorry you missed out, great show
viewing
Oppenheimer (finaly) saw it, glad I did
The Veil Elisabeth Moss saves the day, again
Jim Henson, Idea Man creative life & story, beautifully told
Hit Man good, dosen’t quite fulfill the hype
pods
The Holy Grail of Baseball: Road to Rickwood oldest ballpark, been there, love it
The Interview: Richard Linklater Sees the Killer in Us All broad insights earned the hard way
The Trans Athletes Who Changed The Olympics-in 1936, The New Yorker Radio Hour trans Olympians, almost a century ago
random (f)acts
June happenings and a hint of what’s ahead in July
coming mid-July: Centennial Stories, memories of my high school days
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