The river wrote its name on me a long time ago. Not with a pen. With rocks, cold shock, and that deep, thunder-in-your-ribs sound you feel before you hear. The Rappahannock River signed me in permanent ink. Back then we were a crew of water-dumb kids who thought gravity was a dare. We’d climb, count, …
Month: August 2025
It started with a joke about jeans. Not a great joke, maybe not even a good one, but certainly not the kind of thing anyone expected would launch a wave of backlash. Sydney Sweeney, in a playful American Eagle ad, made a pun about her “genes,” a nod to family and heritage, while wearing blue …


