No. 186 - A Hindu, a Protestant, and a Town That Shall Not Be Named
652 Words. 3 Minute Read.
You see, for an introvert like me — someone who does everything possible to avoid meeting strangers — the good Lord brings guys like Nikunj into my life. We shared a room in an old miners’ boarding house, both on the bottom bunks — like summer camp.
No. 185 - Vodka and Verse in Aspen
533 Words. 2 Minute Read.
I was sitting on a park bench in downtown Aspen, trying to figure out if I was going to camp for the night or make the trek to Taos, New Mexico — seven hours south, and it was already two o’clock… the decisions that plague a drifter.
No. 181 - Deer Valley: A Field Guide of Sorts
1,675 Words. 7 Minute Read.
I said to my buddy as chairlift after chairlift of beautiful people waved to us, “There are only two types in these towns: those who made the right decisions in life, and those who were born into it – no one accidentally shows up in Deer Valley.”
No. 174 - From Sunrise to Sunset in the Tetons and Yellowstone
1,855 Words. 7 Minute Read.
I proceeded to brush my teeth in a gas station bathroom and drove south. A translucent glow hovered over the Tetons, like the wings of a million angels letting the perfect amount of sunlight fall across them. I had one of those “Is this really my life?” moments — and it was only half past seven.
No. 171 - Bookshops, Mountains, and the Red Manifesto
1,252 Words. 5 Minute Read.
I swung by Alienated Majesty Books, a small, locally owned indie shop near the University of Texas campus. Do you know how odd it is to not know a single author? To walk amongst thousands of them was the literary equivalent of taking acid in a forest of mirrors.