If you are new to this series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction. It’s a stormy Friday afternoon in February, 2016. I’m working on my blog when my brother calls. He needs a ride to a small town about a half-hour south of here, where his car broke down last […]
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If you are new to this blog series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction. Oregon, somewhere south of Portland, May 2015. I’ve had my license for less than a month. I’m lying in a hammock under two fir trees at the far end of an enormous rest area. It’s so […]
If you are new to this blog series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction. On April 17th, 2015, I drove my sister to the bank. She was going from there to lunch nearby with some friends, so I dropped her off and returned home on my own. My heart was […]
If you are new to this blog series, please begin here: Dreadless: An Introduction. A man rides a black horse out in the middle of a verdant field. The horse dances, crossing her feet, gliding gracefully backward, then forward again, moving as if gravity cannot touch her. The man’s seat atop […]
If you are new to this blog series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction. It was a hot tropical night in Costa Rica. I stood up in the middle of a crowded outdoor bar in sight of the beach and challenged everyone to a foosball tournament. There were cheers in […]
If you are new to this blog series, please begin here: Dreadless: An Introduction. Six months after I started learning how to drive for the umpteenth time–and made more progress with it than ever before–I had mastered the basic skills, but I was also still making dangerous mistakes. Something strange was […]