Me and Don Quixote
June 30, 2022 | Rebekah Flovin
My grandfather lived on a farm in the middle of the West Texas Panhandle. For most of my life, I thought the nearest town to him was Hereford, until Mom pointed out a smaller, closer town. In any event, Hereford’s hard enough to find on a...
The Other Inflation
June 16, 2022 | Jim Angehr
Inflation is a thing right now, and a pretty serious one. But let’s talk about another kind of inflation that’s likewise on my mind right now: awards ceremony inflation. I get it, and I’m not really complaining about it. More...
A Peace that Passes Through Ambient Trauma
June 9, 2022 | Jim Angehr
If anyone ever tells you that Jim Angehr isn’t more fun than a barrel of monkeys, just click through to the first installment of this two-part blog post! Alas, for those of you that have read last week’s dispatch, it wasn’t a...
In an Age of Ambient Trauma
June 2, 2022 | Jim Angehr
Fiction is good for you! Even if we find ourselves in the age of Peak TV, there’s still something singularly satisfying about getting lost in a book. It’s time to get our poolside reading mojo working! Here’s a recommendation...
The Holes in Things
May 26, 2022 | Jim Angehr
(Programming note #1: this blog entry, which will consider some of the ramifications of the shooting in Uvalde, TX, on 5/24/22, is intended as a follow up to some of my thoughts recorded and posted previously to our YouTube page.) (Programming...