Category Archive: USA

Farewell New Mexico

Farewell New Mexico

Thank you Natalie and Alexa for baking and icing such a beautiful good-bye cake! Today I’m back in New York.  After a few months going between …

 

Poorman’s Starbucks.

Poorman’s Starbucks.

I lean towards going to coffee shops to read, write and study; however, for serious business, I’ve always preferred hard plastic seats and florescent lights. …

 

Nick in the library.

Nick in the library.

I once got to pack every book on those shelves into boxes, alphabetically, and move them into a trailer.  Recently, we got to unload them …

 

A stop in Vaughn, New Mexico.

A stop in Vaughn, New Mexico.

The Sunday before last, I was driving away from Eber’s place in Roswell when he called to tell me that my taillight was out.  The …

 

The Roswell Links

The Roswell Links

In Roswell, we have to poach the internet from the neighbors.  Since my brother Eber, my dad and Clara all have the white, plastic MacBooks, …

 

Ye olde yellow ol’ Old Town.

Ye olde yellow ol’ Old Town.

Eber and I went to Old Town Albuquerque last week, when he was up here visiting.  We only stayed for a few minutes.  There isn’t …

 

Into the Kwan Den.

Into the Kwan Den.

My mother put twenty-five dollars into my bank account and told me I should take my brother out to eat.  Last Saturday, Eber and I …

 

Two years ago, today.

Two years ago, today.

It was exactly two years ago today—November 7—that Eber and I rode through Earth, Texas.  This building was on the main drag, though there wasn’t …

 

Electric blue sunset.

Electric blue sunset.

On my way to Colorado, about two years ago, I had my brother pull over on the side of the highway.  We were near enough …

 

A good old dog and a new dog to match.

A good old dog and a new dog to match.

When I was younger, nearly a decade younger now, my father got two pups— both a male and a female, siblings of the same litter—two …