String Theories

2 months ago | stringtheories.substack.com | Craig Havighurst

Hello Friends. When Trump won the White House in 2016, I was so bothered and anxious that I decided to put my mind on something big and different. I dove into reading Moby Dick for the first time, and it was a magnificent, transporting experience. On a daily basis, I’d step through a portal to a 19th century whaling ship with all these cross cutting dramas and power struggles, and the sad situation in the country that faded for a while.

Dec 27, 2024 | stringtheories.substack.com | Craig Havighurst

Happy New Year friends. I hope you had a rewarding Christmas or Hanukkah - or just a good year-end pause to reflect and re-energize. We stayed home and had a warm Christmas day with my girls and Taylor’s Mom. Now I get a few days’ break - a calm closeout to an adventurous and fulfilling year. Just to quickly review 2024, with links to stories in case you missed ‘em: I got to “work” my first-ever music cruise in the dead of last winter (I’ve been invited back for Jan. 2025!).

Oct 23, 2024 | stringtheories.substack.com | Craig Havighurst

Dear Friends,Summer travels are over, but I’m walkin’. At least I’m tryin’. The 12 South/Melrose neighborhood has looked glamorously golden on these recent October afternoons. Not that I’m rigorous about my exercise, but how could somebody not get outside at this time of year? Last weekend especially - with a charming, kids-and-dogs-friendly Grateful Dead festival in Sevier Park - was soothing at a time when we could all use some of that.

Aug 15, 2024 | stringtheories.substack.com | Craig Havighurst

A body in motion remains in motion. I’m just home from two nights in Las Vegas where I experienced the now famous residency of Dead & Co. at The Sphere. Before that, I ran up I-65 for an overnight in Lexington, KY to catch a show by alt-country icons the Old 97’s and an interview with their charming and erudite leader Rhett Miller.

Jul 21, 2024 | stringtheories.substack.com | Craig Havighurst

Since I was last in touch a little more than a month ago, I’ve celebrated two birthdays - my own and my country’s. I have mixed feelings about the prospects for both. I enjoyed good company - my family and old friends - at a Nashville Sounds game on the Fourth of July, but it was an anxious and upsetting Independence Day since we were reeling from that infamous debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump one week before. Everybody knows what happened.