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Behind the Process


Paddling in June
Has anyone else felt like their mojo has been off in 2023? June was the month I started paddling for the year... which is two or three...


Bikes, Buses, and Trains... Oh My!
When I saw that Valentine Richmond was holding a community talk in the Richmond Railroad Museum I was immediately interested. The museum...


What can we learn from vampires?
I had the good fortune to attend a second talk from Profs and Pints Richmond. This one was titled "The Life of the Vampire" and took...


A new season for the podcast
Stephen and I wrapped up Season One of "Explore the Everyday" in December of 2021. Originally we only wanted to take a month or two off...


A podcast festival
I remember the first time I saw a mention about a podcasting festival called Resonate coming to Richmond and how absurdly excited I was. ...


A historical context of mental illness
My day job is in the field of mental health, so when I saw a public lecture entitled "Demons, Humors, and Medieval Minds" I was...


"Give me liberty or give me death"
Less than a week after seeing him at the live recording of "Memory Wars" I had a second opportunity to hear Pulitzer Prize winner Michael...


A Podcast in Real Life
I had never given much thought to attending a live podcast. Okay, let's be honest, I don't think I had really even thought about a...


The man who built the park
For 33 years Ralph White managed the James River Park System, until his retirement in 2013. Hired as a "Teacher Naturalist", he found...


Trains and Creativity: What's the Connection?
The last post about trains may have caught you off guard. After all, isn't this blog about my creative process? How are trains part of...
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