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Welcome Signs

Posted in Photos, The Road, tagged driving, signs, welcome on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

From the trip to Denver from Ochiltree County & back.

Thank you, Perseus Books Group!

Posted in Photos, The Road, tagged awesomeness, delaying the real world, delicious on August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

As you no doubt heard in that last audiocast, the fellowship dinner thrown for me by Perseus Books Group was terrific. It was a small affair with me, Colleen Kinder (author of the book that inspired the fellowship), Peter (the representative from Perseus who oversees the fellowship), Brian (the web guru who helped me set [...]

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I’m back in New York…

Posted in The Road, tagged delaying the real world, nyc, practicalities on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

… for the award dinner, where I’ll finaly meet Colleen and the rest of the fellowship folks. I’ll be making a 32 hour turnaround, including both flights (but not the 7 hour drive to and from the airport), leaving me about 20 hours in New York.
So what am I doing now?

Oh! And another thing! On [...]

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Don’t Mess With Texas (Part II)

Posted in Photos, The Road, tagged driving, not from here are you?, surprises, trouble on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This one received for flagrantly exceeding the posted 70 mph speed limit on the interstate by a breakneck… 5 mph.
The patrolman was extremely kind (this is neither here nor there, but he was the only black person I’ve met so far in the state) and asked if I knew the speed limits was 70. I [...]

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And counting…

Posted in And counting..., Photos, The Road, tagged driving on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Got this idea from Andrew Morgan’s blog: Teacher on Two Wheels. (Andrew is last year’s fellowship winner.)
40 days.
3,727 miles.
5 counties.
41 interviews.
29 days and 4 counties to go.

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Another Unexpected Surprise

Posted in Photos, The Road, tagged driving, surprises, trouble on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Oh, and about half a minute after I stopped on the shoulder to take
that last photo, a very kind Arkansas police officer pulled over to
ask me if I needed help, and gave me this.

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It’s Not "Our Kansas"

Posted in Photos, The Road, tagged driving, signs, surprises on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I had no idea I’d be passing through here until I saw this sign. Of course, the topic of my exploration being politics in these counties and the people who live there rather than specific momentary politics, I’m not asking any questions about individual politicians in my interviews–although I’ll bet you can guess two or three [...]

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