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Jimmy Webb On Revisiting Model Airplanes And Family Memories During The Pandemic

In Our Daily Breather, we ask artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Jimmy Webb has been building model airplanes, as he did as a child with his father.
Jimmy Webb

Our Daily Breather is a series where we ask writers and artists to recommend one thing that's helping them get through the days of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

Who: Jimmy Webb

Where: New York City

Recommendation: Model airplanes


I find myself at home, like most of the world right now. But for me it is a bit of a luxury because I spend so much time on

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