Monthly Archives: July 2010
emptiness
Imagine you’re living in Manhattan. As soon as you wake up, the city assaults you with the traffic noises from outside your apartment. When you draw back the blinds, there’s more activity in the streets below than your eyes and … Continue reading
Technological problems
In South Dakota, we had some bars on our cell phones, but no mobile Internet access. When we asked a waitress (am I allowed to use the word waitress any more?) about this she said, “Is that AT&T? We don’t … Continue reading
The road home
The road home is I-40, and we are on it. I will be home tonight. I am looking forward to seeing the love of my life, my wife Dekka (again, that’s her superhero name, not her real name). This trip … Continue reading
Wetlands recovery area
Sadly, we did not get a picture of this, but right after we drove past the sign “Wetlands Recovery Area”, orange traffic pylons partitioned off the a lane of the interstate due to the overflow of a lake onto the … Continue reading