Operation Gary, IN: Reclaiming Our Mountain Towns from the Aspenification Effect
1,701 Words. 7 Minute Read.
I just read an article in the Wall Street Journal on the insane cost of real estate in Jackson Hole, and it got me thinking about my college summers there in ’97 and ’99, and how to start a revolution.
The Caro Epiphany: A Lesson from LBJ’s Lineage
865 Words. 4 Minute Read.
As I read about Sam Johnson, LBJ’s father, I took a hard stop and wrote, in all caps, AM I THIS MAN? in the middle of the page.
(Ghost) Riders in the Veins
449 Words. 2 Minute Read.
It’s eight-thirty in the evening, and I’m settling into a thick plug of tobacco in my left cheek. Why left, you ask? I don’t know—it’s where I place my chew. Always have. In fact, using the right side of my mouth would be like asking me to throw a football left-handed.
Regret Spectacles: A Field Guide
906 Words. 4 Minute Read.
These glasses were created in a cabalistic cave by mystics—in fact, they can bend the spacetime continuum—they allow you to see into the future, but more importantly, they let you feel the future.
Tsundoku, Seattle, and a Literary Cityscape
490 Words. 2 Minute Read.
Tsundoku (積ん読) is the phenomenon of acquiring books and letting them pile up, unread. Though I read mine—eventually.