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: Cowboy Songs
For whatever reason, I’ve been listening to old cowboy music this week.
Which has put me in a bit of a cowboy mindset.
Pearl snap shirts. Boot-cut jeans. Cowboy boots.
I stop short of going full Dutton, though. I’m not wearing the hat....
Playlist of the Week: Second Acts
We spend a lot of time talking about one-hit wonders.
There’s something almost tragic about the term. You get your moment. You get your song. Maybe you get your picture on the cover of a magazine and your face on MTV. And then, somehow, th...
The Deer Ate My Hope
The deer ate my Rose of Sharon.
I’m not talking about a few leaves around the edges. I’m talking about a full-scale midnight raid. They ate every leaf. Every flower bud. Everything green.
The next morning, I stepped out of the garage and...
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...
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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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