Month: September 2023
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Earnest Ernest
Of all the thrift stores I stepped into, this one had me calling hello as if I was walking into the bungalow of a buddy I’d known since grade school. All I had for inspiration was Meredith saying once, “I’m surprised you’ve never met EJ with all the times he and Earnest came to shows…
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Hello, San Francisco
I cruised west through the city listening to my San Francisco mix, starting with The Grateful Dead’s “Fire on the Mountain.”
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The Alphabet Game
I was standing on a bluff in high grass overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Children slid down the steep dunes on burlap sacks marked with logos for old beer. The ride ended at a beach where more children fueled a bonfire with record albums.
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Rogue River
The night of bourbon made for tough sledding behind the wheel. Two energy drinks and three hard face slaps got me through Portland, Salem, and almost to Eugene, my eyes drooping and closing and opening in panic after I snorted the snort of a man falling into deep sleep.
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