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Chasing butterflies
Needing to be nervous, plus my weekly shareables: a crack-house childhood, rat-catching dogs, and vintage Barenaked Ladies
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Raising $ for the radio station
Hey everybody—just a really quick note that WFAE, the station where I do my podcast and weekly commentaries, is in the midst of its fall pledge drive…
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Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Some thoughts on Jimmy Buffett, plus my weekly shareables: A quarterback's new challenge, a head-banging dog, and listening to Taylor Swift in prison
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A good ending
RIP to a fellow storyteller, plus my weekly shareables: sweaty college football, exhausting burpees, and a bold prison thief
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August 2023
Through the wringer
Notes from a rough week, plus my weekly shareables: Tales from the headset, knuckle tattoos, and SHORESY is back!
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Sliding doors
An assignment for Shedheads, plus my weekly shareables: how to make a setlist, different worlds in Georgia, and so many beagles
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Vacationing
A quick one this week while we travel
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Correction to today's newsletter
Morning, everyone. I jumped the gun in today’s newsletter and said my friend Joe Posnanski’s great new book, WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL, is out next week…
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Being weird is not a crime
What I learned from Pee-wee, plus my weekly shareables: country music, legal weed, and doing the shag, baby
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July 2023
Here comes a regular
What it means to have a local, plus my weekly shareables: a rare Barbie, a rare painting, and so much great music
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Just take that old Bugs off the shelf
Plus more book news, and my weekly shareables return: Country radio, Moravian cookies, and so many golden retrievers
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Finally: BOOK NEWS!
It’s a big day here at the Writing Shed! Yep, that’s the cover of my upcoming book, DOGLAND, which is coming out in April 2024. That’s a ways off yet…
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