Talking Life: Laura Gentry

When Pastor Laura Gentry was severely injured in a car accident she found out first hand the impact of such significant trauma. She talks of what it was like to be on the other side of her usual ministerial role, and what she needed to find her way through. The...

Ep 2. Impossibility Defense

In the second episode of Jackie On:, Jackie explores what it means to commit an impossible crime. She also goes over some of the ways this legal defense has played out in court by discussing both factual and legal impossibility. In addition, she tries out some new...

August 22nd, 2024

Dioramas is from the memoir Black Diamonds: A Childhood Colored by Coal by Catherine Young, published in 2023 by Torrey House Press. The memoir looks back on childhood in a Pennsylvania coal mining valley, and Dioramas tells of the strange underground exhibit, a coal...

August 20th, 2024

Today I'm repeating the reading of the July Chapter of A Sand County Almanac, (Great Possessions and A Prairie Birthday), by Aldo Leopold. In this unforgettable part of the book, we learn of a compass plant that Leopold loves to see as he drives by. Because of its...