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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 18
The trip to Manila was excruciatingly long. He expected this. But leaving Texas in the torrid mid-summer heat and boarding a humid trans-scientific for the Philippines, he felt literally as...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 17
I woke up feeling stiff and cold. Very cold. And I couldn't move. Where the hell was I? I couldn't remember anything about….well...anything. To say I was foggy was an...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 16
Some days it was hard for me to believe how we ever lived so long with it. Other days I almost forgot it existed. But then I'd be daydreaming and...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 15
The classroom was abandoned. The school was deserted. The taste of mold and dampened age was floating through the air, reminding me to cover my face with my sweat-dampened bandanna....
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 14
Life on the road always contains a mix of ingredients for the wayward traveler. Some are exciting, some are dangerous, some are weird, and some are boringly normal. There is,...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 13
How did you end up working here?" I was curious how this woman in her mid-thirties ended up working this small town pizza joint-the owner was slouching over the register...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 12
"...But whats it made of?" The younger Stenson boy was tugging on his older brothers shirt, the duo was climbing up and over a barbed wire fence and the older...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 11
And Samson said, "With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men." He shut the book and looked...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 10
Once upon a time, there was a fox: She was svelte, wise, hungry, and curious. Her coat was the brightest shade of green in the world. You may not have...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 9
When I was born a thing came and put me in a little hole. When the coast was clear I crawled out and moved upward, towards the warm light. There...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 8
When the young couple entered the restaurant in the woods they were hoping for a sandwich, perhaps a nice microbrew. They had been hiking for a few days and had...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 7
Six was sitting on a large phoenix stone as I approached. I unplugged the vortex feather and floated down to her position. She looked more than a little tired and...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 6
Everyone who showed up for my grandmothers funeral was required, or rather, 'asked, to wear a name tag. This way, family members could be identified for those who wished to...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 5
There aren’t a lot of Catholics down in southwest Virginia. Matter of fact, there aren’t a lot of people down in Southwest Virginia. The ones who do live there...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 4
A tiny microscope was sleeping in a dusty egg crate in a henhouse in Crimora, VA. I wasnt looking for this. I was looking for a treasure with monetary...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 3
I've seen starry eyes in comic books on lovestruck damsels. On gradeschool papers I've traced fivepointed stars in red ink. I've placed star shaped medals of honor on the chests...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 2
Life is so heavy, so strong, so full, so much. Somedays to make it through the day feels like taking a deep breath underwater. The death of the hummingbird is...
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30 Days of Souvenirs: Day 1
Over the next month I'll be posting an image every day documenting the souvenirs which inspire my work. These souvenirs are not ones which can be found in gift shops;...
