Have you seen Severance? This season (#2) has been phenomenal! But Episode 7 … whew. Lots to gnaw on. This episode is a bonus and not associated with the current season of Bless Yer. I just had so many thoughts about Lumon and America.

Listener favorite, LaDawn, joins me again to talk about the East African chapter. In 1995, one year after the genocide, my husband and I would fly halfway around the world to live in Rwanda. In 1996, LaDawn took her first trip out of the US to visit us, see the gorillas, and meet our Rwandan friends and Rosamond Carr. (NOTE: As this episode covers Rwanda’s history and includes descriptions of violence.)

Books cited:

Season of Blood by Fergal Keane

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/109946.Season_of_Blood?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ECCnlF8Erc&rank=2

Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda by Rosamond Carr

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321094.Land_of_a_Thousand_Hills?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19

Movie cited:

Sometimes in April

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/sometimes-in-april

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We go back to the late 1980s to hear about the LGBTQ community that raised me.

Learn more about Patrick and his story here:

Full YouTube story on Patrick

The discovery of Patrick’s death

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Sorry for the delay!

In this episode, we talk about weddings, meeting with a minister, and the idea of sex in a marriage. (Not suitable for children!) In a conversation with a good friend, LaDawn, and the man, we revisit the spring days in East Tennessee at a church where I grew up.

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Forgive my little ol’ heart. I have jumped ahead slightly. If you haven't seen Mystic Pop-Up Bar on Netflix, know that there are spoilers here from episode 2. Also, I talk about a visitor from the past! It has been quite the week!

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College years, ah, yes. Those years of reckless drinking and frivolity. Please if you are triggered about sexual assault, this isn’t the episode for you. Take care all. Grandma is watching.

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Oh, those self-absorbed teen years! Surprisingly, I discovered that I knew a lot more about my adoptee self, but I just hadn’t processed it fully. Hear an essay from January of 1986 where two lights vie for my attention.

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Let me take you back to a small, Tennessee town in 1978, there’s two young girls playing with a tape recorder and an interview with Mary …

And the chatter in a beauty salon.

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