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Yes, we need new roads—but at what cost to nature? nashvillescene.com/news/coverstor…

Thanks to the Nashville Scene staff for such wonderful photos and editorial support for this article, which tells an all-too-common tale.

This one was a joy to review.

If you like adventure, history and humor, check this out: chapter16.org/big-river

What’s scarier than Musk running Twitter? This book. chapter16.org/scared-yet/

Yet another fine whiskey book from Clay Risen, along with some fun conversation: chapter16.org/rye-wit/

Margaret Renkl New York Times Opinion So happy to see Margaret’s recognition of Robert Gipe, unsung literary hero of mine, and of VUP, which will soon bring out an audio version of Hidden Nature. Not to mention all the other university presses and their writers.

via The New York Times nytimes.com/2022/12/16/us/…

Well said, Betsy. Call those idiots out. State Republicans Want to Change Rep. John Lewis Way to Trump Boulevard | Pith in the Wind | nashvillescene.com nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

A fine historical trilogy concludes.

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If Trump becomes president again, after all we know ,and you supported his campaign you will have participated in the end of American democracy. You will not be rewarded by your leader beyond a rush you might seek for upending civility. You aren't part of his plan. He is the

I spend weeks away from X and don’t miss it at all, then a writer I like posts something, and here I am doom-scrolling again. I blame the weather.

.Michael Ray Taylor on an East Tennessee development moving forward on what locals call a "Swiss cheese" of abandoned coal mines. nashvillescene.com/news/citylimit…

My take on a great American mystery writer/comic genius: chapter16.org/fletch-inhaled…

Nice. I gave Eli Cranor some hot peppers today. I was home gardening while Eli visited his former teacher, the poet Johnny Wink, who has lived across the street from me for 30 years. I went all fanboy. Arkadelphia is a happening town.

A brief update to my ongoing reporting on River Gorge Ranch: nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

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Fascinating stuff from Michael Ray Taylor! smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…

Wyoming's Natural Trap Cave on BLM lands near Lovell has a long history of accidental falls by animals. Author Michael Ray Taylor writes about the cave's exceptional Ice Age fossils in the June Smithsonian Magazine. buff.ly/LX3vHZa