Angle to Key West: Dad’s Workshop (1/28)
Tallahassee, FL – January 28, 2013 Tools crowd one wall of my dad’s workshop. Drills, wrenches, screwdrivers, duct tape. Florescent lights glow overhead. One flickers and never pops to life […]
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Angle to Key West: Not Finished Yet (1/3)
Tallahassee, FL – January 3, 2013 The boat ended up stashed by the front door of my house, lying on the ground, bright yellow against the brown leaves. It looks […]
Angle to Key West: The Election (11/6)
St. Louis, MO – November 6, 2012 Election results flicker on the TV screen and light a shotgun apartment in the heart of Soulard, St. Louis’ oldest neighborhood. The place […]
Angle to Key West: Deer Herding (10/10)
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin – October 10, 2012 “No!” I shouted. “The other way! The other way. Towards Bambi!” It looked like a shark and I thought I owed those […]
Angle to Key West: Frank the Superstar (10/9)
Lansing, Iowa – October 9, 2012 “Hey! That guy’s got a canoe!” the kid shouted. I looked up and saw a pack of kids heading toward me on the sidewalk. […]
Angle to Key West: Lock 5 (10/4)
Below Lock 5, Mississippi River – October 4, 2012 I flew toward Lock 5 feeling like a rodeo clown in a bull-pushed barrel. Miles of open water above the lock […]
Angle to Key West: Grand Portage Fun (7/19)
I’m still traveling to and back from South Bend, but I am not missing walking down the Grand Portage. Watch these two videos and you’ll understand why I almost cried […]
Angle to Key West: The Cuban Comet, Part 1 (7/16)
Havana, Cuba – 1960 The ’58 Oldsmobile rolled toward the heart of Havana’s harbor, towards the sloped ramp of a ferry bound for Key West. Cuba’s ties with the United […]
Angle to Key West: Nudge (6/26)
Rainy Lake, Voyageurs National Park, MN – June 26, 2012 From fifty feet up, the water looked like concrete. I leaned over the edge of Anderson Bay’s cliffs and felt […]
