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After two nights in my brother’s house, we disappointed the scores of microorganisms that had begun colonizing our bodies by leaving New Orleans in search of hot showers. We found them at a Days Inn i… more →
Houses of Worship? Homes in Former Churches
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Mandy Katz wrote 3 weeks ago: House of prayer: A converted church in London's Kensal Green. “See, a church can serve a u … more →
Major Southeastern Winter Storm Still on Track, but Many Questions Remain
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stormstream wrote 10 months ago: As has been the case since about the middle of December, it is model madness today in regards to the … more →
Room enough
skolowich wrote 1 year ago: After two nights in my brother’s house, we disappointed the scores of microorganisms that had begun … more →
Pirates and pilgrims
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: On I-55 near Hammond, at Louisiana’s instep, everything around us began to change. The low pine fore … more →
Roadside history, Pt. II
skolowich wrote 1 year ago: Later, as we neared Jackson, we pulled off impulsively at a sign for “the world’s only cactus planta … more →
Roadside history, Pt. I
skolowich wrote 1 year ago: After two days in Clarksdale, we headed down Highway 61 listening to Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisite … more →
Blues town
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: Downtown Clarksdale was a near-seamless integration of the chic pseudo-poverty and actual poverty. D … more →
New junk
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: The vintage-model mechanized cotton picker sitting on the front lawn of the Hopson Plantation at the … more →
Memorials
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: I like to believe that the negative extremes of Birmingham’s past will resolve into the positives an … more →
Road to Birmingham
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: The sprawl lining the road from Hazel Green south toward Birmingham had more personality than the fo … more →
Dragging that weight
skolowich wrote 1 year ago: In Alabama, we have finally found a land entirely strange to us. At first glance, it didn’t look muc … more →
Life and casualty
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: When Bob Dylan released his album Nashville Skyline in 1969, the cluster of buildings for which he n … more →
Crossing over
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: We crossed into the Central Time Zone somewhere north of Chattanooga on I-24, which in the low eveni … more →
Road to Rome
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: We headed north late the next morning, setting our sights on Nashville. It was only three and a half … more →
The Happiness Factory
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: Atlanta is the Coca-Cola capital of the world. Visitors who manage to breach the city limits without … more →
The sounds of nature
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: Feral ducks notwithstanding, the Lake Aire campsite was certainly livable. Our place at the end of t … more →
Night of the living Turducken
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: After spending the first five nights of the trip as guests in the homes of friends and family, we ca … more →
Prior to history
skolowich wrote 1 year ago: From Confederate battle flags sprouting out of cemeteries, to a State Historic Preserve dedicated to … more →
Stainless Banner
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skolowich wrote 1 year ago: In the morning we made for Charleston, eager to feel the breeze off the ocean, although Charlotte ha … more →
