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Pointlessness.
06-May-13Aranda de Duero Driving in to work Sunday morning I passed four police cars, lights blazing, parked outside a house which is far from any town, in the woods. In the driveway three police officers were apparently making small talk with a long-haired man, laughing and apparently feeling quite relaxed. The long-haired man was in handcuffs, hands behind […]
Unintentional.
20-Mar-12On my first full day on the road I got up early, went to the supermarket and stocked up things necessary for a few days in the desert – water mostly, some food, firewood, and the like. My plan was to drive to Yuma along the old road, the “Camino del Diablo,” a nearly waterless […]
The Usual, Symbolic Beginning.
19-Mar-12Driving out of Tucson on the Ajo highway last night, I received a call from a friend in the middle of nowhere, about ten miles outside Why, Arizona. I pulled over to the side of the road to take the call. The phone’s records indicate that I had been talking to him for eleven minutes […]
Back Home.
19-Jul-11I left the Rusticatio Virginiana yesterday afternoon, after several days discussing the future and mission of SALVI, an organization dedicated to living Latin; and after dinner on the road and a long conversation with a friend, I found myself just outside of Liberty, New York, around 1 a.m. My eyes were closing involuntarily, and I […]
A Walk In the Woods.
08-Jun-10About six weeks ago, I walked along on old woods road, out of sight of any man or building, and on my return to the main road, was met by two police officers, one of whom carried an M-16. They knew my name and where I lived, and were looking for me. Apparently the owner […]
I am Starting to Hate This.
06-Jul-11There are a great number of things I love about the Catskills – a friend was just enthusing to me that she could see the constellation Delphinus from my cabin, and I know that you cannot see Delphinus from everywhere in this wasteful age. I love listening to the animals at night and the storms […]