Everyday Explorations
Dispatch № 103: Nothing for the Sake of Something
To my left runs a long row of houses. To my right is a chain-link fence, woven and fringed with weeds. Beyond it, a profusion of railroad tracks.
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Dispatches
Dispatch № 99: Decompression
A walk and a comedy podcast on the quiet back streets between the school and the station.
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Everyday Explorations
Dispatch № 80: The Old Life
In the winter months, kerosene trucks drive slowly through neighborhoods in the evening, making their presence known with a repeating announcement played over a loudspeaker, accompanied by the tune of an old children’s song.
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Everyday Explorations
Dispatch № 45: Repeater
So why would I choose not only to board the train when I don’t really need to, but also remain in my seat for at least one full trip around the loop?
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City Life
Dispatch № 44: Shuttered
The shutters came down, and the customers stopped coming, but life continued inside.
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Life in Transit
Dispatch № 34: Moments in Suspension
Three small children play in a public park sandbox under a cedar tree. The smallest of them is digging a hole with a stick, eschewing the nearby yellow plastic shovel. Two women sit on an adjacent bench. One of them wears a large-brimmed hat.
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Dispatches
Dispatch № 32: Inconvenient Canopies
They lurk in great piles behind convenience stores and in train station utility rooms. They are clustered in homes, offices, public toilets, parks, waiting rooms, and restaurants. They congregate in unpredictable numbers, multiplying when nobody’s looking, becoming over-numerous.
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