I’ll keep the admiring list short this week – just one link that I think is worth listening to. It’s an interview with Rev. Willis Johnson of Ferguson, Missouri. His church is just one mile away from the location where an unarmed teenager was shot and killed this week by a police officer. The interview…
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This morning is different. Different schedules, as we shift from 8:30am start times to 7:00am bells. There is an hour and a half difference between the girls’ school starts, and so we test out two breakfast tables versus one. Our single batch of oatmeal looked tasty on the table at 6:30; F and I decided…
(story)time: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Forty years ago this morning, Philippe Petit stepped out onto a wire between the Twin Towers and walked on air for nearly an hour while crowds of people watched below. I’ve written about him before, watched the documentary Man on Wire, and read the book Let the Great World Spin. I find this particular event fascinating, but…