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Variations of Tiny Campers
Hey, haven’t seen your inbox or spam folder in a while, nice to be back!Are you safe? Are your hands washed? My reaction to the virus has been writing silly jokes about it by day, and thinking this is the Franz Ferdinand of WWIII by night. It’s day now, so…
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Three Versions of Myself
I’ve been catching up with my past recently, remembering all those different people I used to be. I remembered, for example, a fragile little 8-year-old who cried too much and loved browsing through his “Mundo de los Niños” encyclopedia. Volume 3, called “The Natural World,” had a section on the…
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Esteban Writes from the Black Hills
Hyperboles and Empty Promises Signs for “Wall Drug” started appearing in Minnesota, 500 or so miles before reaching it. As we approach the town of Wall, the insistence of these billboards reach the intensity of a hungry toddler. What is Wall Drug? The signs don’t exactly say. They offer “free…
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Esteban Writes from the Dakotas
First Impressions of the Grasslands As we head out of Minnesota we listen to some history podcasts and learn about the Dakota war. We drive through many historical marks that tell different versions. The way history is told changes, but the desolate plains of western Minnesota appear not to. In…
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Esteban Writes from Minnesota
Duluth and Bob Dylan We unexpectedly end up in Duluth. I’m not sure I get this city. Is it an industrial town that moves on progress? Or a museum of old prosperity? Its streets run down from the hills, landing into the cold waters of Lake superior and the raised…
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Esteban Writes from San Francisco
Hang on tight, we got a long one here. I’m currently in Duluth, MN, after a couple of days of free camping, but this one will focus on my last week’s trip to San Francisco. Lots of thing to cover, so sorry for the length. I’ve already cut this in…
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The Competitive Sport of Wisconsin Small Talk
The worst thing about Wisconsin’s winter is not only that it sucks, it’s that you’re forced to talk about it.
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Judd Apatow Takes a 5 Minute Break
Judd Apatow stands in a corner of the stage in silence while we wait for paramedics to arrive. The entire sold-out crowd of a Sunday early show is looking at the back table, where a man has passed out. There’s nothing to do but to wait anxiously for this new…
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Mark’s Phone Wants to Break Up
Right after his phone broke up with him Mark recalled all the signs he had missed. He had felt it distant, lately, as if every notification came with a sigh, every calendar input with an extra turn of the little circle, every reaction to the ON button a little off.…
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Las sonrisas regaladas de mi vieja
Feliz cumpleaños Ampis! Creo que te he dicho que mi primera memoria es abrir los ojos de una siesta en tus brazos, y verte sonriendo. Estamos en un barco, atravesando el océano Pacífico, viajando, parece, hacia el sol. Desde entonces me has regalado 30 años de sonrisas. Sonreíste con ternura…
