In the New Moon Cafe, which was voted “Best of the Best” way back in 1995. A map of the United States hangs on the wall behind the sweet tea dispenser. It’s faded and stained, but decorated with hundreds of pins. New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, San Fransisco, Charleston, Miami and every small town in [...]
Austin. Winnie. New Orleans. Mobile. Dauphin Island. Pensacola. Santa Rosa Island. Panama City. Tallahassee. Waycross. Aiken.
It’s a small, arbitrary list. Some of the places I stayed a night or two (or five) in, others I simply passed through, or stopped long enough to get off the bike to take a picture and fill up the [...]
When the mind starts to wander, and doubt, and dredge up old bad things and convince you that it is a good idea to drunkenly stare down old homes that hardly matter, it is time to take the cure: literature. Read something someone else wrote about what you’re trying to write about. Relieve yourself of [...]
I’ve been in New Orleans since Sunday afternoon, and though I’ve spent my days bicycling up and down familiar avenues, I’ve firmly kept my mind on the present.
But on my way home last night I couldn’t help myself, and I went many streets out of my way to pedal past a house at 1217 Magazine [...]
One potential path for my journey, as of 6am on Wednesday, after fiddling with Google Maps for a few minutes during a spell of not-sleeping. The southern route comes first, swoop up through Montgomery to Atlanta, then on to South Carolina. Hit Savannah on the way back (Google here wants to send me back through [...]
My brain likes to play at night. In bed, lights off, it races through memories and possible futures and experiments and a hundred ways to rearrange the living room. I make tea and read a book in an attempt to narrow the focus and perhaps lull myself to sleep. This week’s book is Ordinary Affects [...]
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