The Last Free-Range Kid: Stories from the South™
Russell TrippI grew up in the South during the era of free-range children, where baseball, bikes, and Slurpees shaped most of my boyhood summers. These days, I write about memory, family, and the small Southern stories that still manage to say something big.
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Playlist of the Week: You’re Speaking My Language
My streaming algorithms have been serving me a lot of Juliette and the Licks lately.
If you’re not familiar with them, don’t feel bad. Until a few months ago, neither was I.
Which is odd, because Juliette and the Licks is exactly the kind...
A Record of Ordinary Days
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at the paintings of Texas artist Matt Tumlinson.
If you aren’t familiar with his work, imagine someone who sees beauty in the places most folks drive right past. Quiet highways. Weathered bu...
Playlist of the Week – Space Truckin’
Sometimes a playlist isn’t something you make. Sometimes it’s something that sneaks up behind you and taps you on the shoulder.
This one started with a monster.
Blue Öyster Cult’s “Godzilla” came lumbering through my headphones one aftern...
Mostly, We Made Poor Decisions
Every group of friends has one house.
Not necessarily the biggest house. Or the nicest. Just the one where everybody eventually ended up.
For us, it belonged to one of my best friends from high school. I’ll leave him unnamed because he’s...
Playlist of the Week: The Exceptions
Every generation has its sacred cows.
For Gen X rock fans, there were certain bands you were simply expected to love. The Eagles. Fleetwood Mac. The Rolling Stones. Journey. Led Zeppelin. Pink Floyd. Bruce Springsteen. If those names weren...
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I grew up in the South during the era of free-range children, where baseball, bikes, and Slurpees shaped most of my boyhood summers. These days, I write about memory, family, and the small Southern stories that still manage to say something big.
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