Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Many of you may receive my weekly

Sunday commusings article where I address a breadth of topics, including spirituality, physiology,

and from time to time, the sociopolitical. And on occasion, I will also record an

audio version of these articles and release it here as a bonus episode on the podcast. So the

stereotype of the overbearing meddling mother-in-law translates across cultures and millennia, but it patently does

not apply to my relationship with Skyler's mother. Now, as you will hear in today's episode,

Anne and I enjoy a lively repartee. We regularly engage in bouts of verbal fencing, but fortunately the purpose is never

to win. The purpose is the engagement, the experience itself. Today's episode recounts a humorous

exchange between my dear mother-in-law and me in connection with a recent commusing article.

But before we dive in, I am so grateful to those of you who write us reviews on Apple Podcasts

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and you will receive free all access for 30 days. Okay, without further delay, here's this week's commusing titled The Purpose of No Purpose by Yours Truly. My mother-in-law Anne is a wonderful old hippie.

Not the urban, green-juicy type.

No.

Anne grew up with ranch grit.

And at almost 80 always has dirt under her fingernails, much to my daughter's chagrin.

She is simultaneously my most die-hard supporter and harshest critic.

Like clockwork, she responds dependably to my weekly Sunday missive with equal parts, adulation,

and constructive detraction. It's now to the point where I have developed a form of Stockholm

syndrome. I actually look forward to receiving her criticism, which is always tantalizingly withheld into the last

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