Episode 21 (a) | I Stopped Tap Dancing (Part 1 of 2)

Your Effin’ Love Story · Jun 4, 2026 · 8m

Someone commented on a post I made about St. Louis — flowers still bloom, birds still sing, even in a city that wrestles with being the murder capital of the country — and asked: what's the point of this post? What's the objective?

And I realized I didn't owe them an answer. Not because I'm being difficult. Because the objective was mine. I took the photos. I wrote the words. I put them up. What you do with that is yours.

That moment sent me back behind this microphone to say something I should have said closer to the beginning of this podcast. I have been managing my impression. Stopping…