Dispatches from the Sacred City (Sweet Home Sacramento)

ME: husband. father of 3. trying to be a more conscientious member of our community. thankful to be able to share the outdoors with my lovely children. grateful to be married to the person I most respect. proud to live in a diverse and expressive city. .gr_custom_container_1440020406 { /* customize your Goodreads widget container here*/ border: 1px solid gray; border-radius:10px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; background-color: #000000; color: #000000; width: 200px } .gr_custom_header_1440020406 { /* customize your Goodreads header here*/ border-bottom: 1px solid gray; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center; font-size: 120% } .gr_custom_each_container_1440020406 { /* customize each individual book container here */ width: 100%; clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: auto; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; } .gr_custom_book_container_1440020406 { /* customize your book covers here */ overflow: hidden; height: 60px; float: left; margin-right: 4px; width: 39px; } .gr_custom_author_1440020406 { /* customize your author names here */ font-size: 10px; } .gr_custom_tags_1440020406 { /* customize your tags here */ font-size: 10px; color: gray; } .gr_custom_rating_1440020406 { /* customize your rating stars here */ float: right; } Jarrod’s bookshelf: currently-reading The Smartest Book in the World: A Lexicon of Literacy, A Rancorous Reportage, A Concise Curriculum of Cool by Greg Proops tagged: currently-reading The Fifties by David Halberstam tagged: currently-reading Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North by Thomas J. Sugrue tagged: currently-reading Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America by Tanner Colby tagged: currently-reading The Heart of Learning by Lawrence Williams tagged: currently-reading Share book reviews and ratings with Jarrod, and even join a book club on Goodreads. .gr_custom_container_1440020800 { /* customize your Goodreads widget container here*/ border: 1px solid gray; border-radius:10px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; background-color: #E9E9BB; color: #000000; width: 200px } .gr_custom_header_1440020800 { /* customize your Goodreads header here*/ border-bottom: 1px solid gray; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center; font-size: 120% } .gr_custom_each_container_1440020800 { /* customize each individual book container here */ width: 100%; clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: auto; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; } .gr_custom_book_container_1440020800 { /* customize your book covers here */ overflow: hidden; height: 60px; float: left; margin-right: 4px; width: 39px; } .gr_custom_author_1440020800 { /* customize your author names here */ font-size: 10px; } .gr_custom_tags_1440020800 { /* customize your tags here */ font-size: 10px; color: gray; } .gr_custom_rating_1440020800 { /* customize your rating stars here */ float: right; } Jarrod’s bookshelf: to-read The Pearl by John Steinbeck tagged: to-read Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck tagged: to-read The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass tagged: to-read On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King tagged: to-read The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon tagged: to-read Share book reviews and ratings with Jarrod, and even join a book club on Goodreads. .gr_custom_container_1440020873 { /* customize your Goodreads widget container here*/ border: 1px solid gray; border-radius:10px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; background-color: #252525; color: #000000; width: 200px } .gr_custom_header_1440020873 { /* customize your Goodreads header here*/ border-bottom: 1px solid gray; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center; font-size: 120% } .gr_custom_each_container_1440020873 { /* customize each individual book container here */ width: 100%; clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: auto; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; } .gr_custom_book_container_1440020873 { /* customize your book covers here */ overflow: hidden; height: 60px; float: left; margin-right: 4px; width: 39px; } .gr_custom_author_1440020873 { /* customize your author names here */ font-size: 10px; } .gr_custom_tags_1440020873 { /* customize your tags here */ font-size: 10px; color: gray; } .gr_custom_rating_1440020873 { /* customize your rating stars here */ float: right; } Jarrod’s bookshelf: read I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 1984 by George Orwell The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers Share book reviews and ratings with Jarrod, and even join a book club on Goodreads. Podcasts I Really Enjoy (some are edifying, others just plain ‘ol enoyable): Our National Conversation About Conversations About Race The Memory Palace The Dana Gould Hour The Dead Authors Podcast Men in Blazers Podcast for America The Gist Slate’s Political Gabfest Whistlestop The Smartest Man in the World State of the Re:Union Stop Podcasting Yourself This American Life