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14Aug

A Song While Driving: There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)

This story the day after Nanci Griffith’s death will always be incomplete, because how can I tell you about the 10-year-old friend I never had?

10Aug

A Song While Driving: ‘What Am I Supposed to Believe’

In which I recall being an insufferable know-it-all about one of my favorite singer-songwriters. A story with a plot twist you’ll no doubt figure out!

27Jul

A Song While Driving: ‘September Fifteenth’

There’s nothing like listening to “September Fifteenth” and remembering being on the road to becoming me — in the driver’s seat, not a passenger.

03Jun

A Song While Driving: ‘Sacrifice’

What does Elton John’s “Sacrifice” have to do with driving on the hilly streets of San Francisco? Nothing, really, but in one vivid memory, everything.

26Jan

A Song While Driving: ‘Rainy Night in Georgia’

I was midway through a nearly three-hour drive after midnight. It was raining. At least one other person who was still awake noticed: the DJ at the radio station I picked up at some point after crossing into Texas.