HeyJaredPaired Up Stories
I play golf with strangers and tell their stories. When you hear someone's story, you see them in a whole new way. [Some posts are from my upcoming book, a 50-states roadtrip where I played with 250+ strangers at 100+ municipal courses]
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ICYMI (opens the original)
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Thanks for sticking with me during my July summer break. It’s hot, by Santa Barbara standards, where having central a/c is less likely than catching the lettuce food poisoning. We don’t have either, by the way, which I guess I’d prefer than the other way around.Anyway, I hope your summer has been a nice reset. That’s the word I’ve been feeling with mine. Sometimes when my writing is jammed up a tad I’ll go back through old pieces to remember that I know how to do this ancient art form. In doing
How to Ruin Lunch (opens the original)
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Greetings from Paired Up headquarters, which is the front bedroom of our home in Santa Barbara. But the last couple of weeks the old HQ (my van) was cruising up and down the Pacific coasts of California and Oregon. My girlfriend and I took a trip to Hood River, Oregon, in my nostalgic home on wheels. It felt like the right time for a break. Here’s a short essay from our road trip, about a perfectly good lunch I wouldn’t let happen. Thanks for reading, as always!<a class="image-link image2 is-vie
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