{"id":1107,"date":"2015-12-26T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2015\/12\/26\/the-ashes-of-american-flags-part-two"},"modified":"2019-12-09T09:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T16:11:14","slug":"the-ashes-of-american-flags-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=1107","title":{"rendered":"The ashes of American Flags (part two)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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.<\/h5>\n
Something that affects all of us, eventually.<\/h5>\n
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I see the last remnants of something that was started in the late 19th century, when the pioneering spirit and the dream to live one’s life on terms you set was a truth many sought, and most obtained. A place where you can raise a family in safety, or shack up in solitude and survive off the land around you.<\/h5>\n
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There are still those that have made peace out here in middle America, and are content with this idea of freedom. A mom and pop motel on the high desert plain. A fruit grove nestled in the canyon. An antique store that holds cherished wonders.<\/h5>\n
I find artistic lightning striking everywhere as I sit in the earth and ponder the journey thus far….<\/h5>\n
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I’m about halfway, and with quickly diminishing daylight, I don the aviator goggles, and continue down the empty road.<\/h5>\n\n\n
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