That Simple Road: Part 4
Arizona, unlike every other state minus Hawaii, fails to participate in Daylight Savings Time. Thus its failure to proverbially, “spring forward,” has provided, at 5 am, darts of the rising sun thrown through the space in my blinds. And I’m
Read moreThat Simple Road: Part 3
Goodbye Tahoe. 5:30 am. I pulled onto the road as the sun was throwing rays over the eastern walls, lighting up the western ridge with purples and reds and blues as the moon quietly disappeared like our money at the
Read moreThat Simple Road: Part 2
Leaving the city is the worst of it all. On a Friday at 4:30 there is no easy way out. Just grin and bear it. And thank god you’re headed somewhere, anywhere. SF to the East Bay is shit. From
Read moreThat Simple Road: Part 1
There’s something about a stretch of asphalt, laid out so perfectly on her back, waiting for a ride. It’s been immortalized time and time again. But, what exactly is it that is so hauntingly beautiful? That grips you by the
Read moreFinding My Way in a Land of Giants
Our ascent up the mountain is anything but comfortable. The 4Runner lurched and swayed, rocking as though voyaging across mid-Pacific waters. To our left, it’s all forest and dog piled rocks balancing on slanted Earth. Further in the distance, patches
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