Tommy Tomlinson

Bourdain on writing with no time to think

Like a lot of you, I’m guessing, I binged on Anthony Bourdain over the weekend after hearing of his suicide on Friday. I Netflixed a few episodes of his show

The Dean Smith story

At this point I’ll never catch up with all the people who have said nice things in one place or another about my Dean Smith story. It’s a great problem

Richard Thompson / Loudon Wainwright III, Knight Theater in Charlotte, 4/19/10

The house lights were still up when Loudon Wainwright III walked onto the stage. So he could see that the 1,200-seat Knight Theater, beautiful as it is, was maybe two-thirds

A PG-13 post

As my Nieman buddy Ernie Suggs said afterward, “One of those naked people will be president one day.” Last night at midnight was the annual Harvard tradition called Primal Scream,

Guided by (a cappella) voices

When we got up here I quickly settled on WERS from Emerson College as my favorite radio station. I’m scrolling through a playlist right now and there’s Sly Stone, Wilco,

A book note

You might have seen me mention this already — I’ve put it out there once or twice — so this morning I’ll do it one last time: “The Best American

The work no one ever sees

There’s an interview with Rhea Seehorn, the actress who plays Kim Wexler on “Better Call Saul,” that has stuck in my mind ever since I read it a few months

The art of paying attention

(I gave this talk the other night as part of an art gathering down in Rock Hill, South Carolina. I’m mainly posting this as a reminder to myself about how

Mama

We buried my mom late in the afternoon, next to where we put my dad 28 years ago. It was warm enough that the gnats were out in south Georgia.

Turning pro

(This is not about sports, just FYI, although I’ve been thinking a lot about ballplayers who are pros in every way except getting paid, especially when it comes to college

Snow day

We woke up this morning to about 6 inches of snow on the ground and more coming down. This was on top of all the unmelted snow that hardened into

Let go.

You might have seen my tweet the other day: https://twitter.com/tommytomlinson/status/367016039860551680 I don’t have a whole lot more to say about it right now, except for two things: one, it was

Short Stories

Short Stories

Bourdain on writing with no time to think

The Dean Smith story

Richard Thompson / Loudon Wainwright III, Knight Theater in Charlotte, 4/19/10

A PG-13 post

Guided by (a cappella) voices

A book note

The work no one ever sees

The art of paying attention

Mama

Turning pro

Snow day

Let go.