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#Vanlife: The Ruby Years

Slugs
There is some profound love lesson in witnessing a person learn who he is.
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Wrap Your Hands Around This
“Watch the mug!” I squealed.
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Everything Old Is New Year Again
At the northern tip of our planet, the sun rises on a new year just as earth’s axis has tilted as far from the sun as it will. Once, I looked down on a…
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No Room in the Forest: A Holiday Tale
A writer pulls into the woods. Finds three fishermen, a man cradling a chubby accordion next to a woman with a knowing smile, and nowhere to lay her…
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Oh, the Places You'll Shower
You'll think about savannas
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The Sword in the Saguaro
I promised you a sword.
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Disagree Strongly
aka the Sound of a Million Wings Flapping in Unison—It feels like magic, doesn’t it, a group of individuals becoming not just united but shapeshifter?
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Poems to Carry in the Blood
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" as part of a community project by Tara Penry
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Ghost Rider
aka You Can Be a Better Human—Muffled words dangle, inches from where my head lies. A voice? Sleep jumps off me. Why is there a voice?
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Two Places, One Frigid, One Balmy
One frigid, one balmy. A reading from an interview on favorite places and more with London-based travel writer Tom Fish.
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Dude, Where's Your Car?
The desert’s a trickster, the sun a perfect foil. In truth, desert needs nightfall to disappear something as small as a car like the fancy rigs to our…
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When Holly Met Ruby
Listen now | I’m about to cross the bridge over Coos Bay on bicycle. After that, another 130 miles. All the time, I'm eyeing the lure of a red van, just…
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