May 2012
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WatchAmerica, is that you?
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5/23/12
The air is dry here, it smells like smoke. A mountain is burning 30 miles away and the sky last night was orange-red, like the earth had been sucked up there somehow. It feels like ages. Nothing could be so distinct as the Texas sun except, perhaps, the profundity of the New Mexico landscape. It seems to boggle the mind with intensity and far-reaching power. I’ve been in Marfa and now find...
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5/16/12
There’s an almost universal experience when you fly from one part of the world to another. You feel disoriented, dazed, maybe your sleep rhythms are off. They say that a clock when flown continuously at high speeds for long amounts of time will in fact be slower than it’s twin, tick-tocking on the ground, by 1/1,000,000,000,000 of a second or something of the sort. And so any amount of...
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5/10/12
This week has been about living in a city that is a million different things. The past two days have been about farming. The heat has become an accepted fact, and I’ve wrapped up a week of New Orleans. So much food, so much drink, so much music. There’s a lot of pain in the city, but a lot of good people there doing their part to make it better and keep it vibrant. Tonight I’m...
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5/7/12
2,000 miles Three bloody marys into a hot humid night and Ive stumbled onto an incredible brass band on the street. Doors open on all sides, a new club is trying to lure customers on a street where every other bar has a double digit cover. It’s working. New Orleans is proving to be very complex. I’ve relaxed, either due to the body hugging heat or the overflowing drinks or the great...
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5/1/12
I’m still in Georgia. When I first arrived, I would have thought this would be some kind of layover, but as I sit right now, I’m happy for it. Perennially waylaid, my trip has been as much about staying in one place as moving on. It’s now almost midnight and I’ve had a long day. Dropped my car off this morning at 9 am to a local mechanic that by all accounts seems...
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