by Jeannie Ralston | Nov 6, 2020
Music can soothe the soul, but that’s a tall order this week, as many of us have souls that are twisted in knots right now. So here at NextTribe, we’ve put together some songs that our readers tell us are helping right now. We’ve even put them...
by Jeannie Ralston | Nov 3, 2020
Today—Tuesday, November 3rd—is a day not to live through but to endure, a day of acute election anxiety that must be managed in the hopes we can get to this on the other side. We asked our readers for suggestions on how to keep their sanity before, during, and after...
by Jeannie Ralston | Nov 1, 2020
When I was in middle-school I sat through The Poseidon Adventure squished into one theater seat with my best friend Robin. I was distraught through the suspense; I held onto Robin, terrified that no one was going to make it out alive. Then, at the end of the movie,...
by Jeannie Ralston | Nov 1, 2020
“Can I take your picture?” “Photo, please.” “You are fabulous!” These are the kind of comments—in English and Spanish—the 12 of us travelers heard that night over and over from people as they raised smartphone cameras to snap a photo. We would stop and pose—pouty...
by Jeannie Ralston | Oct 27, 2020
I have a couple things in common with Dolly Parton. No, not the boobs! I too was born and raised in the East Tennessee mountains; I too am the fourth of many children (six not 12, as in her case) and as such, have always sought attention, just like Dolly. OK, since I...
