Buddy, Booty, Freebooter, Filibuster
The other day I got to wondering whether the word buddy was a corruption of the word brother. This rumination was occasioned by Tom Petty’s song, “Listen to Her Heart,” which is one […]
Buddy, Booty, Freebooter, Filibuster
The other day I got to wondering whether the word buddy was a corruption of the word brother. This rumination was occasioned by Tom Petty’s song, “Listen to Her Heart,” which is one […]
Sho Baraka Wants a New Normal
Sho Baraka is a hip-hop artist, an activist, a co-founder of the AND Campaign, and an author. His new book is He Saw That It Was Good: Reimagining Your Creative Life to […]
Courage, Creativity, and Community
Do you want to work and create out of a sense of abundance rather than scarcity? Here’s a good thing to remember: If you are doing good work, everybody else […]
The 100th Episode Celebration Continues
Last week we celebrated the 100th episode of The Habit Podcast with a retrospective of favorite moments from the first 99 episodes. This week is the 101st episode and we’re still celebrating. […]
The Habit Podcast Turns 100
“This Week on The Habit Podcast” is usually the last section of this letter, but this week I’m promoting the podcast to the main body of the letter in order to […]
Knowledge Is Power. France Is Bacon.
Last week my friend and nemesis John Barber posted a very funny story that first appeared on Reddit ten years ago, posted by a Lard_Baron in response to the question, […]
Season 3, Episode 17: Lancia Smith Serves the Whole Writer
Lancia Smith is the founder of Cultivating, a quarterly online magazine, and the Cultivating Project, a nurtured community of writers and artists committed to pursuing spiritual maturity and creative excellence. Lancia […]
Ordinary and Clichéd: Not the Same Thing
Last week my son William sent me a link to this conversation between George Saunders (whom I have mentioned several times in the last couple of months) and Jason Isbell, one of […]
Season 3, Episode 17: Janna Barber on the Cycles of Writing and Faith
Janna Barber is a blogger, poet, and memoirist. Her most recent book is Hidden in Shadow: Tales of Grief, Lamentation, and Faith. This memoir is one woman’s honest reckoning with the […]
Objectivity and Subjectivity
Objectivity and subjectivity are terms that get used in so many different ways and with so many different agendas that one is tempted to give up on them. But I […]