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The sustainability of this experiment called America

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Work to ensure that people are treated as human beings never ends.

October 20, 2021
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The Times We Live In, Weekly Reader

The smells of place and time

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Places are imbued with sounds, smells, noises, and feelings that bring memories and human connections.

October 18, 2021
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Family, Historic Preservation, Monday Musings

Chatham County Line: Not your father’s bluegrass

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Chatham County Line explores music beyond bluegrass, from the Stones and Beck to the McIntosh County Shouters.

October 16, 2021
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Acoustic Music, Bluegrass Music, Saturday Soundtrack

For beauty, nourishment, and the celebration of life, Mohonk is one of our special places

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Mohonk Mountain House: One of the great places on earth

October 15, 2021
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Family, Heritage Travel, Historic Preservation, Random DJB Thoughts

Reckonings that are a long time coming

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Michael Eric Dyson writes letters to black martyrs, grappling with the need for a reckoning with race.

October 13, 2021
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Recommended Readings, The Times We Live In, Weekly Reader

America could learn a lot from its first peoples. Let’s start with the truth

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Why we should celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday in October.

October 11, 2021
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Historic Preservation, Monday Musings, The Times We Live In

Adia Victoria is making the blues dangerous again

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Adia Victoria sings the blues, and she has important stories to tell.

October 9, 2021
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Saturday Soundtrack

Time for a rewrite

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The purpose of journalism is to share information. Some journalists seem hard pressed to remember that fact.

October 8, 2021
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Random DJB Thoughts, The Times We Live In

It’s an old, old story: Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals

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N.T. Wright observes that we are made to exercise power, but true human power comes through self-giving love.

October 6, 2021
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On Leadership, Recommended Readings, The Times We Live In, Weekly Reader

What if we have it all wrong? Reality and the dislocation of joy

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Joy is too often dislocated, as if there could be no simple pleasures which are not really about cash.

October 4, 2021
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The quicksilver guitar stylings of Bryan Sutton

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Bryan Sutton is the most accomplished and awarded acoustic guitarist of his generation.

October 2, 2021
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Acoustic Music, Bluegrass Music, Saturday Soundtrack

Touch the earth

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Moving at the speed of life as we walk, we touch the earth, transforming and healing ourselves.

October 1, 2021
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Random DJB Thoughts, What's Next...

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Recommended Readings | Books to consider

October 13, 2021

Reckonings that are a long time coming

Michael Eric Dyson writes letters to black martyrs, grappling with the need for a reckoning with race.

by DJB
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October 6, 2021

It’s an old, old story: Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals

N.T. Wright observes that we are made to exercise power, but true human power comes through self-giving love.

by DJB
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September 29, 2021

Writing is a communal art

Natalie Goldberg's classic on writing. Ben Dolnick on compelling sentences. Jeopardy!'s other horrible choice.

by DJB
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September 27, 2021

Uncharted: How to navigate the future

Margaret Heffernan sees our humanity and creativity as key to navigating an uncertain future.

by DJB
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September 22, 2021

The Outlier: Jimmy Carter’s unfinished presidency

Kai Bird's portrait of a president who saw how myths can hobble as well as ennoble a country.

by DJB
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Pauli Murray Mural
September 15, 2021

My name is Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray was one of the most consequential and hopeful of 20th century Americans.

by DJB
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September 13, 2021

We won’t last forever

Natalie Goldberg's memoir of her struggle with cancer is a meditation on living a genuine life in full bloom.

by DJB
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September 8, 2021

Summer games

The forgotten history of Negro Leagues baseball and a decision tree for those considering criticizing Simone Biles.

by DJB
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On Leadership | Thoughts on leaders and leadership

October 6, 2021

It’s an old, old story: Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals

N.T. Wright observes that we are made to exercise power, but true human power comes through self-giving love.

by DJB
Comments 0
September 27, 2021

Uncharted: How to navigate the future

Margaret Heffernan sees our humanity and creativity as key to navigating an uncertain future.

by DJB
Comments 0
September 22, 2021

The Outlier: Jimmy Carter’s unfinished presidency

Kai Bird's portrait of a president who saw how myths can hobble as well as ennoble a country.

by DJB
Comments 0
June 21, 2021

I’d like to recommend…

Thoughts on integrity, bias, knowledge, and intent in the giving and receiving of recommendations.

by DJB
Comment 1

Best of... | Compilations and collections

August 31, 2021

Travel in order to be moved

MTC posts from past travels to honor the tradition of the August holiday

by DJB
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July 5, 2021

The 2021 summer break

Blog favorites while we're on break for some body, mind, and soul maintenance.

by DJB
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July 2, 2021

A plenitude of pithy proverbs

I love the pithy proverb - volume 4.

by DJB
Comments 0
April 19, 2021

Selling your soul for a mess of pottage: The politics of morality and racism

What have we given up of long-term value for our short-term gains?

by DJB
Comment 1
January 15, 2021

A profusion of pithy proverbs

I love the pithy proverb - Volume 3.

by DJB
Comment 1
January 1, 2021

Reminders

Personal reminders of what matters can help as we seek to regain our equilibrium after a tumultuous year.

by DJB
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Mavis Staples
December 26, 2020

The Saturday Soundtrack 2020 top ten

The top ten posts - chosen by reader views - from the Saturday Soundtrack series in 2020.

by DJB
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December 21, 2020

Best of the blog: Top ten posts of 2020

December is for "Best of..." lists. To celebrate 2020 here are the top 10 posts based on reader views.

by DJB
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Play more music

Saturday Soundtrack | Musicians who have caught my ear

October 16, 2021

Chatham County Line: Not your father’s bluegrass

Chatham County Line explores music beyond bluegrass, from the Stones and Beck to the McIntosh County Shouters.

by DJB
Comments 0
October 9, 2021

Adia Victoria is making the blues dangerous again

Adia Victoria sings the blues, and she has important stories to tell.

by DJB
Comments 0
October 2, 2021

The quicksilver guitar stylings of Bryan Sutton

Bryan Sutton is the most accomplished and awarded acoustic guitarist of his generation.

by DJB
Comments 2
September 25, 2021

Kyshona: The music therapist gone rogue

Kyshona is a "music therapist gone rogue" with a message for a broken world.

by DJB
Comment 1
September 18, 2021

Bela Fleck finds his way back to his roots

Bela Fleck's first bluegrass album in more than 20 years came out this week. Progressive bluegrass at its best.

by DJB
Comments 4
September 11, 2021

Rest in peace, beautiful singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith

Nanci Caroline Griffith (6 July 1953 - 13 August 2021), a singer-songwriter with a simple yet memorable voice.

by DJB
Comment 1
July 3, 2021

Festival favorites

Fan favorites from music festivals I've loved through the years.

by DJB
Comments 0
June 26, 2021

Abigail Washburn and the building of cultural understanding

Washburn's music builds cultural understanding on the communal experience of beauty and sound.

by DJB
Comment 1

Weekly Reader | Other Writers That Will Help You Laugh, Think, or Cry

October 20, 2021

The sustainability of this experiment called America

Work to ensure that people are treated as human beings never ends.

by DJB
Comments 0
October 13, 2021

Reckonings that are a long time coming

Michael Eric Dyson writes letters to black martyrs, grappling with the need for a reckoning with race.

by DJB
Comments 0
October 6, 2021

It’s an old, old story: Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals

N.T. Wright observes that we are made to exercise power, but true human power comes through self-giving love.

by DJB
Comments 0
September 29, 2021

Writing is a communal art

Natalie Goldberg's classic on writing. Ben Dolnick on compelling sentences. Jeopardy!'s other horrible choice.

by DJB
Comments 0

About "More to Come..."

Pathway Free-Photos
January 15, 2020

The top one percent

The top ten reader favorites from the first 1,000 posts on More to Come.

by DJB
Comments 2
April 10, 2019

About “More to Come…”

Welcome! Learn how DJB's blog has evolved since 2008 from random thoughts to... more organized random thoughts.

by DJB
Comments 3
Speaking at the Ryman
March 25, 2019

I hate to say goodbye, so I’ll just say so long

A farewell message I wrote to my colleagues after 22 years at the National Trust.

by DJB
Comments 4
March 4, 2015

60 lessons from 60 years

A birthday list of 60 things I've learned in my (now) 60 years of life.

by DJB
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Baseball Online

  • Baseball Musings
  • Baseball Prospectus
  • Nats Baseball
  • NY Times Baseball News
  • Washington Nationals

Reading Well: Writers I Enjoy

  • Brain Pickings
  • Chapter 16
  • Cheryl Strayed
  • Dana Schwartz
  • Elizabeth Bobrick
  • Eric Foner
  • Gail Collins
  • John Lingan
  • Lapham's Quarterly
  • Leonard Pitts, Jr.
  • Literary Hub
  • One Sentence
  • Politics and Prose Bookstore
  • Rebecca Solnit
  • Seeking the Sacred
  • Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
  • Stephen L. Carter
  • Steve Almond
  • The Ink
  • Timothy Egan Opinionator Blog
  • TomDispatch
  • Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road
  • You Think Too Much

Roots Music and More

  • Acoustic Disc
  • Bela Fleck
  • Bluegrass Pride
  • Bluegrass Today
  • Compass Records
  • DC Bluegrass Union
  • Dom Flemons
  • Fiddlefreak
  • Fretboard Journal
  • Gallagher Guitars
  • Institute of Musical Traditions
  • International Bluegrass Music Association
  • Jerry Douglas
  • Lonesome Road Review
  • Merlefest
  • No Depression
  • Rhiannon Giddens
  • Sam Bush Online
  • Steve Martin Banjo Prize
  • The Bluegrass Situation
  • The Immortal Jukebox
  • The Steel Wheels
  • WNEX The Creek

Saving Places That Matter

  • Conserving the Human Environment
  • Ensia
  • Greater Greater Washington
  • Green Preservationist
  • International National Trusts Organisation
  • Preservation Leadership Forum Blog
  • Preservation Magazine
  • Saving Places
  • The Places of Sense Chronicles
  • The Secret Knowledge of Spaces

Whatever Else Tickles My Fancy

  • Billy Shore, Bearing Witness
  • Brene Brown
  • Brownview Forge
  • Doonesbury
  • Fauxtations
  • Friday Forward
  • Letters from an American
  • Margaret and Helen, Best Friends for Sixty Years and Counting
  • Press Watch: An intervention for political journalism
  • Repairers of the Breach
  • Southerly
  • STAT News
  • Stuff That Needs to Be Said
  • Teri Kanefield
  • The Bitter Southerner
  • The FrameWorks Institute
  • This is What Comes Next

More to Consider

"That which isn't good for the hive, isn't good for the bee."

Marcus Aurelius

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Observations, recollections, and occasional bursts of radical common sense about places that matter, books worth reading, roots music to nourish the soul, the times we live in, and whatever else tickles my fancy

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