I caught myself gossiping about our school board to a philosopher on Wednesday morning.
“Our superintendent was suspended for eight weeks this summer without anybody knowing why!” I launched, talking like someone who needs a local news recovery program.
Mark Nepo tilted his head. He’s written more than two dozen books, including the No. 1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening, which Oprah named one of her favorite things. We were meeting to discuss an entirely different subject. He also lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan. All to say, he didn’t wake up thinking about the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools drama…