Crash Site by Nathan Cowdry
January 16, 2022
Crash Site
By Nathan…
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Surf's Up
January 27, 2022
Did you know that the best time to surf is actually in the winter? For us Northern Hemisphere types at least. It’s not the warm endless summer waters that make the best waves, but the cold winter…
African-American Romance
February 10, 2022
February is African-American History Month, and it is also Valentine’s Day. I thought it would be great to give you a two-for-one and to that end, I present African-American Romances.…
Smart People in Love
February 24, 2022
It’s still February, so I’m still celebrating happily ever afters. Ostensibly, everybody wants to be smart. But they don’t always realize that highly intelligent folks are often awkward…
Tales From the Crypt: Nashville City Cemetery Edition
February 5, 2022
View of the Oak St. entrance to the Nashville City Cemetery
A walk among the tombstones at the Nashville…
Savoring Stillness with Little Ones
January 25, 2022
Winter is a time of silence. Many of the animals in the forest retreat into hibernation, leaves fall from trees, and many people tend to look inward and reflect upon the past…
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Where Your Boys At? Part 1
Truth B Told: Conversations About Culture and Power
New Year, New Me...Maybe
January 21, 2022
My winter reads have mostly been about self-care, sustainability, and the food supply chain. It was only when I started reading The Secret Life of Groceries and Hell-Bent by Benjamin…
Remembering Anthony Bourdain
March 10, 2022
Sometimes books come to me in clumps. I noticed the first book in a bookstore when I was in DC, so I put a hold on it when I got back home. Then, the second book popped up on my radar…
Fictitious Royals
March 24, 2022
I am a sucker for a story with royalty in it. I don’t exactly know why. Maybe it’s because in this country we don’t have a king or queen. But if there is a royal and a meet cute of any kind, I…
Majestic Mountains
May 12, 2022
It’s springtime again, which means – that’s right, it’s mountain climbing season! If you’ve read this blog for more than five minutes, you know that I enjoy reading books about climbing big…