I'm really excited to do a workshop for RuralX on June 16 about loving your town despite, you know, 2021-21. It's all virtual, so join us! Ruralx.org #rural #placemaking

once we recognize that urban design is, at its core, the design of human relations, we begin to understand why Americans are suffering a crisis of loneliness and why our lack of beautiful, functional public spaces is an urgent matter of public health

Who lives in Wisconsin?? I'm taking calls on the radio today at 3:30 pm CT with Central Time On WPR. You can stump me live on air with your place-related conundrums, like how do I start to love the place I hate, or why are my neighbors such jerks? It'll be fun.

This small Georgia town wanted a Chick-Fil-A, and they got one. It's not The Secret, it's Community Heart & Soul, an organization I'm incredibly proud to be writing for. communityheartandsoul.org/blog/how-one-s… Community Heart & Soul

If ever there was a year for shopping local, this is it. nytimes.com/2021/11/15/opi…

I honestly wasn't sure how taking a FT job at Virginia Tech would play out after 20 years of freelancing. But I get to write about classes I wish I could take and interview like 10 inspiring people in a row, so I think it's going to be okay. vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/…

I will always show up to meet the neighbor who's giving me free pancakes.

I got to talk about place love with Top of Mind, but get this: Icons Majora Carter and James and Deb Fallows are on the same episode! (How is this my life??) Please have a listen: bit.ly/greatcitiesTOM

Just posted a photo @ Blacksburg, Virginia instagram.com/p/CfVLbfmsggX/…

Happy Book Birthday, Melody Warnick! IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE is now available anywhere books are sold! Called "aptly timed... easy to read, intriguing, and informative" by ALA_Booklist, IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE is the remote worker's guide to location in the modern age.

It's my pub day! IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE explains how the right place can help you succeed at work, make more money, be more creative, and find your purpose. #remotework #workfromanywhere

Really excited to hang out with the walking and biking folks in North Carolina next month. Join us!

We talk with Melody Warnick about place on this episode of Everywhere Radio: anchor.fm/everywhere-rad… We're curious: how did you choose your current town?

My friend Laura Vanderkam writes self-help books that are actually, shockingly helpful, and hooray, it's pub day for her new book Tranquility by Tuesday! amzn.to/3ViBgnu Can't wait for Laura to fix my broken life (again).

I laugh now that I used to think living in six states made me some kind of nomad. Who can destroy my score of 202 on this? And when can I give Arkansas its due? tenpages.github.io/us-level/us.ht…

Hooray for National Authors Day! I'm forever grateful to be one of those Sourcebooks authors with If You Could Live Anywhere.

I love public libraries because they are built on the principle that books are so important and so necessary to human flourishing that access to them cannot depend on your income.

Are you wrestling with a location decision? Fantasizing about your next move? Sourcebooks is hosting me for a webinar tomorrow at 12 pm CT to talk about my new(ish) book, If You Could Live Anywhere. You should come! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📚Promotion update! 🎉 Melody Warnick's "If You Could Live Anywhere" was OUT in China a while ago, and we just had the book's translator, former CEO of Microsoft ScaleUp Beijing, Tan Lin, at our office for a book signing and a live talk!🎙️ More updates will follow!🗣️✍️

So, my book got published in China and the translator is doing a book signing, no big deal.