He wrote the world’s biggest cheque, served under eight presidents, predicted the fall of the USSR and said, despite Reagan’s insistence, that there wasn’t a communist conspiracy in Latin America. And what do we remember most? The polka-dotted bow tie.
By Glen Herbert Continue reading Tying a bow tie with Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“As I look back, as I say, my life has been a fairy tale … [complete] with all its monsters. I think we have all kinds of characters within ourselves. And sometimes the most important characters we have within ourselves are our demons.”
By Glen Herbert Continue reading Drawing with Tomi Ungerer
Frank Solivan is a hunter, a fisherman, a poet. He writes songs, sings, and is the leader of Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen. Their latest album, Cold Spell, was nominated for the Grammy for 2015’s best bluegrass album of the year. Oh, and he’s a trained chef. Here he shares his recipe for Mexican oxtail soup.
By Frank Solivan Continue reading Making Oxtail Soup with Frank Solivan
“There were catastrophes and mass killings, extraordinary times of evolutionary innovation, and landscapes we can scarcely imagine. All of this is recorded in the rocks beneath us.”
By Glen Herbert Continue reading The universe in stone: An interview with Mark Wilson
“Now I saw plainly the goodness of his observations about the middle station of life, how easy, how comfortably he had lived all his days, and never had been exposed to tempests at sea or troubles on shore; and I resolved that I would, like a true repenting prodigal, go home to my father.”
By Daniel Defoe Continue reading “I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea …”
Wilkesboro, North Carolina’s answer to the Oberammergau, Merlefest is the product of a community and a gift to the world.
By Glen Herbert Continue reading The best show in town
“There aren’t a lot of people who get to do what they love and make a living at it. Despite some of the craziness that goes along with not being at home for months on end, I feel very lucky.”
By Glen Herbert Continue reading Chris Eldridge on being his father’s son
