HeyJaredJoy Just Because
Farm fresh music and musings by Canadian singer-songwriter Shannon Linton.
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Ass over tea kettle (opens the original)
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I am writing to you from a chaos vortex (somewhat) of my own making. In the midst of parenting two teenagers who seem to need 20% more attention and time than I ever actually have, at the exact same moment that my husband hops into a combine and rides off into the harvest season sunset never to be seen again (until mid-December), whilst simultaneously volunteering for and performing at my favourite yearly festival and volunteering as campaign manager for the best future mayor Cobourg could ever
Paying attention (opens the original)
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It is municipal election season, folks. Big excitement, am I right?I begrudgingly pay attention to local politics. Begrudging because I find it extremely tedious and frustrating, but paying attention nonetheless because it turns out that many important decisions get made at the municipal level. (For those who pay zero attention, your municipal government is your local Mayor and town Councillors.)I am a huge believer in community, and your municipal government is made up of the people that should
Celebrate with us (opens the original)
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There were so many reasons to love Dolly Parton, and it seemed every single person did just that. She was universally beloved, adored across cultural and ideological divides - a miracle in this day and age.Since Dolly’s passing I keep thinking about how she was unapologetically herself despite being ridiculed and underestimated for so many years. When I was a kid she was the punchline of jokes. I remember thinking it must be embarrassing, like if I was thought of that way I would be ashamed. Not
“He goes free of the earth” (opens the original)
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“Gather round you allthe things that you love, nametheir names, prepareto lose them.”from Song in a Year of Catastrophe by Wendell BerryCelebrated American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic and farmer Wendell Berry has died at the age of 92. My friend Katie and I talked and we decided it is a lot for humanity, maybe too much, to bear losing him and Dolly in the same week. Wendell Berry lived a beautiful, long life, and still I have a hollow ache in my chest at the
One love (opens the original)
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Folks, you may not believe me when I tell you this, but Cobourg has a street artist!One day last week I noticed something graphic and colourful out of the corner of my eye as I was driving. It was a graffiti board hung between two poles. “That’s cool!” I exclaimed as I pointed it out to my daughter. I registered that the graffiti was new, but I didn’t have time to make out the details.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Os57!,f_auto,q_auto:g
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