Dear Road

To my right, Santa Monica Pier, loud with fun with movement and life. Behind me, the city. Ahead, the endless sea. I did it. I made it.

Mercury retrogrades bring reunion. They bring back into your life the people, places, and things that need revisited.

Life on the road is accelerated, a tightly-bound series of vignettes, strung together within a matter of weeks.

A landline phone is ringing. I’m not sure whether it’s coming from inside the house or from someone else’s. Everyone’s windows are open...

I’ve moved a lot throughout my life, and in recent years, I’ve continued to downsize with every change of address, although never quite...