Archive - The Writing Shed with Tommy Tomlinson

Braves' old world

Two losses for Atlanta baseball, plus my shareables: Colbert, Scarpetta, and Chonkers

May 9 • Tommy Tomlinson

Embracing three little words: Not For Me

Sifting through the NYT's Best Living American Songwriters list

May 7 • Tommy Tomlinson

After the crash

Plus my shareables: Don Quixote, Agatha Christie, and Wile E. Coyote, super genius

May 2 • Tommy Tomlinson

April 2026

Five everyday lessons in creativity from a master, plus a wonderful charity

Apr 22 • Tommy Tomlinson

What do you like these days?

I'll share some things, and you do the same

Apr 19 • Tommy Tomlinson

Aging disgracefully

Odds and ends from a busy week

Apr 16 • Tommy Tomlinson

Can we still see what we need to see? Plus: funky drumming, home-run robbing, and Waffle House teleporting

Apr 11 • Tommy Tomlinson

A man named Pearl

RIP to a brilliant South Carolina artist

Apr 7 • Tommy Tomlinson

Passels of tassels

Ideas from an oak tree, plus my shareables: chasing quiet, running a bookstore, and writing a new column

Apr 4 • Tommy Tomlinson

March 2026

Introspection Is Good, plus my shareables: Tracy Kidder, Amanda Peet, D. Boon and more

Mar 29 • Tommy Tomlinson

Baby, I can drive my car

On the road again, plus my shareables: Chuck Norris, Zappos, and sled dogs

Mar 21 • Tommy Tomlinson

Brackets and dreams

Making my picks in a tournament of imagination

Mar 19 • Tommy Tomlinson

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