Tag: truck
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2015 Summer Wonders #72: Hey! Ice Cream!
Another summer wonder: ice cream trucks. Imagine a world where people with ice cream spontaneously appear on your street! It’s beautiful. I know the folks in the photo–they ran an immensely popular local restaurant for years before selling it and starting the ice cream gig as a semi-retirement thing. The ice cream is outstanding. The…
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Saturday Night Originals: Appalachian Sunburst 1985
So, it’s not Saturday. I know. I didn’t want to wait another week to get this series on track. I’m not a photographer, but I’ve taken a few dozen pictures over the years that I liked–some of them, like this one, are scans of ancient film shots. Enjoy the pretentious effects–I thought I was being…
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I Missed A Day: Introducing “Chuckwagon III”
I actually left town for a couple of days to visit my sister and a few of my numerous cool nieces (I got to see four of 7 nieces–but none of my 8 nephews), which was awesome–my family is saturated by fantastic young folks–all of whom are going to come visit at Christmas, right? Right?! …
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An Hour From Boise (another excerpt from an abandoned story)
There’s this pit of the stomach feeling, I know you know it, when you blaze over the crest of a slope on the highway with the Pogues blaring Streams of Whiskey from a dozen speakers and that big block Chevy 454 thundering backup, and the unmistakable profile of a Ford Police Interceptor crouches on the…
Old Road Apples 