Abe, the Lincoln at Joshua Tree National Park - July 2001 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA – November 1, 2001 – I’ve just moved to Seattle to explore a new life with my sweetheart, Jena Scott. And the move makes me think back to my years in California. It was good working at the agency. I had arrived there from DC, and was recovering from the double-whammy of a divorce and the death of...
read moreCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA – January 1, 1999 – Caught in a snowstorm that’s all but shutting down O’Hare – sitting in a United heavy at the gate – I think back to my ancestors who boarded frigates from England, or braved Conestoga wagon trains through Montana, wondering what their lives would be like upon arrival in the strange new land… or if they’d...
read moreWASHINGTON, DC, USA – December 24, 1998 – We drove down Constitution Avenue on a chilly Christmas Eve morning. An onslaught of freezing rain had hit Washington the night before, and the streets had turned into skating rinks. I carefully monitored my car’s handling as we passed the hulking Department of Commerce building. Looming over our heads, we passed the Washington Monument...
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