Angle to Key West: From the First to Last Tug (12/13)
New Orleans, LA – December 13, 2012 I slipped into the water at sunrise, the French Quarter thirty-five miles away, and paddled past a line of freighters anchored like steel […]
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Angle to Key West: Into the Hive (12/12)
Spillway, mile 128 – December 12, 2012 There is nothing left for me on the river. Industry has swallowed it all. A thousand barges and tugs, loading dock after loading […]
Angle to Key West: Radio (12/8)
St. Francisville, LA – December 8, 2012 From Baton Rouge to New Orleans, commercial traffic dominates the river. Freighters come in from the ocean and barges load and unload 24 […]
Angle to Key West: Tricks in the Darkness (12/2)
Mile 399 Lower Mississippi – December 2, 2012 A flash of white light and everything went from dark to bright. My head snapped to look. The light seared my eyes. […]
Angle to Key West: 24 Hours on the Mississippi (11/29)
Mile 499 on Lower Mississippi, just over the Louisiana Border – November 29, 2012 I drag the boat up a sandbar and stand looking at the water in the dark. […]
Angle to Key West: Quiet Sunset (11/28)
Mile 603 on Upper Mississippi two bends north of Rosedale, Mississippi – November 28, 2012 The sun slid down against an impossibly clear sky. Not a single cloud waited to […]
Angle to Key West: Changing River (11/12)
Mile 43 on the Upper Mississippi, near Commerce, MO – November 12, 2012 Barges are constant now. As soon as one disappears, another comes chugging around a far bend. They’ve […]
Angle to Key West: Arcade Quarters (11/8)
Mile 155 of the Upper Mississippi, Near Glen Park – November 8, 2012 I watched two barges pass in the center channel and thought of an old arcade cabinet, the […]
Angle to Key West: The Arch (11/5)
St. Louis, MO – November 5, 2012 Rain began falling early, a slow, grey mist that soaked me as I packed the boat. I slid into the water with numb […]
Angle to Key West: Old Times on the New Mississippi (10/30)
Mile 298 on Upper Mississippi – October 30, 2012 I stood next to the statue of Samuel Clemens and watched the river go by. The entirety of Hannibal, Missouri’s historical […]
