The good, the bad, and the ugly of Opening Day
Thoughts on baseball’s opening day for the 2023 season.
All posts tagged: Robyn Ryle
The transformational power of everyday wonder
Embrace awe. Allow yourself to wonder.
Don’t believe everything you think
We often believe myths because they reinforce deeply held beliefs or because we like a well-told tale.
Declassifying my online newsletters (with an update)
Online newsletters are an excellent way to cut out the “corporate” in the media we consume.
Remember this fact: Baseball owners just want to make money
The Nationals commit the unforgivable sin and trade Juan Soto. It is always all about the money.
Inequality and baseball
Robyn Ryle on baseball: “The players want baseball to be good. The owners just want to make money.”
What’s the rush?
Spring is a season when the pace quickens. To snap out of the winter doldrums, we feel the need to rush. Projects are suddenly due. Deadlines appear to be on top of us every day. Travel demands increase. In the rushing rhythm of the days, I find it necessary to maintain my perspective if I’m going to keep my equilibrium. Thankfully, I came across an essay which helped me put the pressure to rush in perspective. Robyn Ryle is a sociologist and writer who I first met when she spoke at our National Main Street conference. Robyn lives in Madison, Indiana — one of the country’s great Main Street communities — where she teaches sociology, writes books on changing notions of gender, and blogs about place (among other topics) on the web site You Think Too Much. There is wisdom in her tales of life away from the coasts. As I read her essay on driving the speed limit, I immediately felt myself slow down. “Today I picked up my book of daily yoga and read, …
Wise women writers you probably don’t know (but should)
(Note: This post was updated on March 10, 2018 and again on June 27, 2021. I would never write a post this long today, but consider this a creature of its time.) I came to a realization last evening that the writers I most enjoy reading on the web are (almost) all women. And once I came to that realization, I began thinking about my favorite writers you probably don’t know, but should. Five names quickly popped into my head and just like that, this blog post was born. These women are very different, but there is wisdom to be found in each one’s work. I have regular communication and interaction with three but have met all five. Three are teachers (and one of the three teaches writing in Hawaii, Havana, Paris, and Washington — I’m assuming she doesn’t get paid much, but there are other benefits!). One is a former colleague at work who is still early in her craft. The other is my former Rector. All five make a living — one way …
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