by Shannon Turner | Sep 19, 2008 | Blog
In order to fully appreciate this post, it would be very helpful to listen to the following episode of This American Life.Dear This American Life,It is rare that I have the impulse to write in to one of the shows that I listen to regularly on NPR, and I have never...
by Shannon Turner | Aug 19, 2008 | Blog
Dear Friends,You may remember that I’ve been promising you for a long time that I would write something about the performance in Blacksburg at the anniversary of the shootings. I never seemed to be able to do that in this forum, but eventually I was asked to...
by Shannon Turner | Jul 13, 2008 | Blog
by rilke”And if only we arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us that we must always hold to the difficult, then that which now still seems to us the most alien will become what we most trust and find most faithful. How should we be able to...
by Shannon Turner | Jun 24, 2008 | Blog
Friends,If you know me, if you trust me, follow this link and watch this 20-minute video. You’ve got the time.http://www.storyofstuff.com/This came along at an especially poignant time for me, as I’ve been unpacking things that I haven’t used, and...
by Shannon Turner | May 25, 2008 | Blog
It’s been a long time since I’ve written. I’ve had a lot of different blog concepts rattling around inside my head, but none of them have fully materialized into a complete post. So finally, I decided that I would compress them all into one.Ladies and Gentlemen: The...
