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The ashes of American Flags (part three)
Advertisements The third act was here, playing out against the cold red rock on the Winter solstice. I savored the daylight I had left on the open road. I haven’t seen one Wal-Mart yet in these small towns, which frankly surprises me, and my premise for this road adventure. It changes my outlook, solidifies theContinue reading “The ashes of American Flags (part three)”
The ashes of American Flags (part two)
Advertisements The communities quickly turned from self sustaining entities to wood cabins and ghost towns. Not from Capitalism over taking good natured business, but from the elements of time. Something that affects all of us, eventually. I see the last remnants of something that was started in the late 19th century, when the pioneering spiritContinue reading “The ashes of American Flags (part two)”
The ashes of American Flags (part one)
Advertisements My sister gave me Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to listen to when I was moving out of State. “It’s not my favorite Wilco album, but I think you’ll really like it!” She always understood me better than I did. I used to listen to it nonstop as I would drive around Arizona, through small decimatedContinue reading “The ashes of American Flags (part one)”
Jesus, etc
Advertisements I request a song on Wilco’s website, knowing it will most likely be played, but without any personal acknowledgement. I ask anyway, for her. “his goal, in life, was to be an echo…” August the 18th, in the year of 2015, I sit back with a Maasai blanket wrapped around my shoulders, andContinue reading “Jesus, etc”