The File - September 4, 2021
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Weekend Thoughts
Nanci Griffith passed away last month and it is a great, great loss to music lovers -- especially those from my part of the world. Griffith was born just a few miles east of San Antonio in a little town called Seguin, Texas. She grew up in Austin and is emblematic of the special music that came out of this region in the late twentieth century: a little bit folk, a little bit country, and a little bit something all its own....
Read the rest of this article and see/hear some of Nanci Griffith's performances at Chris's personal blog, Hey World
Weekend Reading
Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What’s the Secret?
In America, we have starved our public-health sector. The Costa Rica model demonstrates what happens when you put it first.
Nothing but Pitch Black Darkness
Ahmed Rabbani’s journey through the U.S. dark prison system to Guantánamo.
A sketch artist and a grieving mother set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.
