Essays from West of 98

A monthly roundup of interesting things worth reading, listening, and watching, from West of 98.

I dyed my hair blonde.

No, seriously. I should write more about this later in the summer, but most of our high school baseball team went blonde together last week as team bonding for the state playoffs. I thought it would be fun for the mayor to join them. I planned to do it next week, but the community …