Travel
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The Minaj Plain
Village barber, Rajasthan, 2007, © Doug Bruns A journal note from October, 2007, Rajasthan, India, the Minaj Plain The sun sets large on the Minaj plain. Three kilometers north a village bustles with evening preparations as penned lambs bleat. Nightfall returns mother and her milk. Herds of village-bound muted goats traverse the plain. Each hoof-drop… Continue reading
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Leaving on a jet plane.
(Written July 1, 7:20pm to around nine pee em.) What is it, I wonder, about travel and airports, and planes, and anticipation that makes my head come alive? I go to the airport early because that is where I know the ideas hang out. I watch a waitress approach a customer. She stands silently in… Continue reading
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Road-Trip Thoughts
…notions that skittered across the highway of my brain. Continue reading
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The attraction of hard places.
I exist in a fictional place of northern New England… Continue reading
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What the Hell?
Another repost, as I’m traveling. This one from summer, 2006. (My god, I’ve been doing this a long time…) When I die does this blog die with me? Or, rather, does a bit of it, like a clipped toe nail forgotten on the tile floor, remain indefinitely until someone comes along and cleans it up?… Continue reading
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