This week on "Sunday Morning" (May 26)
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COVER STORY: Van life: Making one's home on the open road | Watch Video
From baby boomers to millennials, some people have found a roadmap to happiness by living their lives on the open road, in RVs or converted vans. Tony Dokoupil meets a family of six who live in a converted school bus, and with Bob Wells, an oracle of online information about living on the road.
For more info:
- Robin and Rob Schannep (contentednomads.com)
- Follow the travels of the Schannep family on Instagram
- Bob Wells (cheaprvliving.com)
- Follow Bob Wells on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
- "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century" by Jessica Bruder (W.W. Norton), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio format, available via Amazon
- jessicabruder.com
- thevanlifeapp.com (for iOS and Android)
- Van Clan
- van-life.net
- VanLifeCustoms.com
- KombiLife.com
- parkedinparadise.com
- divineontheroad.com
Images featured in the story were generously provided by the following folks:
- Alex Hayden Seidenberg (@poseidenberg)
- Crystal and Ben (@earthisourfavoriteplanet)
- Janine, David, Luna (@_onthehorizon)
- Savannah Simmons-Grover (@ssimmonsgrover)
- Cole Zuver (@colezuver)
- The folks from Always the Road
- Ruby Van Zandt (@rubyvanzandt)
- Elise Taylor (@elisehalina)
- Tommy Erst (@longroadtonowhere)
- Jay and Brylee's Vanlife (@sliceofheavan)
- The Schannep Family (@contentednomads)
- Mike Shisler (@van.there)
- John and Jayme from gnomadhome.com
- The folks from @vanlifediaries
ALMANAC: The rise of Dracula | Watch Video
The immortal vampire first saw the light of day when Bram Stoker's horror novel was published on May 26, 1897. Jane Pauley reports.
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ART: Monumental women: Breaking the bronze ceiling | Watch Video
New York City's Central Park is filled with statues honoring noted historical figures, even a famous dog – and all of them are male. Nationwide, there are more than 5,000 outdoor statues of people of all sorts, but less than 8% of them are of women. Faith Salie reports on the Monumental Women Campaign, and Equal Visibility Everywhere, two groups that say it's time to put more and more women up on a pedestal.
For more info:
- Monumental Women Campaign
- Equal Visibility Everywhere
- Sculptor Meredith Bergmann
- National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol
- George and Mark Lundeen (lundeensculpture.com)
- Michelle Duster
- Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation
- Richard Hunt (Sculptor of Ida B. Wells Monument)
MUSIC: Teddy Abrams, the Louisville Orchestra's rock star | Watch Video
At 32, Teddy Abrams is the youngest conductor of a major orchestra in the United States, and he's done what most orchestras are desperate to do: increased the audience, young and old. Martha Teichner reports.
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BOOKS: "The Ballad of Huck & Miguel": Huck Finn revisited, in today's L.A. | Watch Video
Author Tim DeRoche reframes Mark Twain's story of comradeship and child-like wonderment in his contemporary tale of a boy-adventurer and an undocumented Mexican immigrant rafting down the Los Angeles River. Lee Cowan reports.
For more info:
- timderoche.com
- "The Ballad of Huck & Miguel" by Tim DeRoche, with illustrations by Daniel González (Redtail Press), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon
- Daniel Gonzalez (printgonzalez.com)
- The Mark Twain Project
- Los Angeles River Revitalization
OF NOTE: "Sunday Morning" colleagues (Video)
What goes on behind the scenes to make "Sunday Morning" happen is anything but simple, and so we pay tribute to those who have worked for us - and many other CBS News colleagues - who are retiring. Behind every name is a story, a memory, and good reason to offer our thanks and best wishes.
HARTMAN: A school bus driver's special delivery (Video)
School bus driver Curtis Jenkins loves delivering his young passengers to Lake Highlands Elementary in Dallas, Texas, and has inspired them by paying attention, motivating them, and handing out presents he carefully selects for each child. Steve Hartman reports.
ON BROADWAY: Annette Bening on "All My Sons" | Watch Video
Serena Altschul talks with the actress, now a Tony nominee for her performance in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons."
For more info:
- Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" at the American Airlines Theatre (through June 30) | Ticket Info
MUSIC: The War and Treaty | Watch Video
As the duo The War and Treaty, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter sing some of the songs Michael wrote, while serving in the Army in Iraq, as tributes to fallen comrades – songs they now perform in concerts across the country and in their debut album, "Healing Tide." Conor Knighton reports.
For more info:
- thewarandtreaty.com | Tour Info
- "Healing Tide" by The War and Treaty (Strong World Entertainment), in CD (Amazon, Barnes & Noble), Vinyl (Amazon, Barnes & Noble), Digital Download (Amazon, Google Play, iTunes) and Streaming (Spotify) formats
OPINION: Scott Pelley on the American flag, and Americans' common purpose | Watch Video
The "60 Minutes" correspondent says "We the people" can only sustain a democracy when divisions do not recklessly tug at the threads holding us together.
For more info:
- "Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times" by Scott Pelley (Hanover Square Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
CALENDAR: Week of May 27 | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE: Bears Ears National Monument (Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, named for a pair of buttes resembling, well, bears' ears! Videographer: Scot Miller.
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NATURE UP CLOSE: Our javelina scare
A trip through the Amazon brought "Sunday Morning" videographer Judy Lehmberg up-close-and-personal with a herd of peccaries.
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