Writings between movements
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Notes from Clarksdale
LISA:fullness; brimming; island time; teal building; barrier; influx; disperse; 45 miles; whirling; sunsets CARLA:wandering around townpicnic in the gazebomet some dudes from arkansas- saw them later and they were druuuunkCOTTON—–> cotton bales like hay bales—–> blossoming cotton farms—–> cotton as decoration in storefront windows Pointing out fancy switchblades and knives we liked at a MS…
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Long overdue: last long run
It’s official. The Advance Tour for #relayofvoices #thegreatriverrun is in it’s last 24 hours. A storm has been making it’s way inland from just off the coast, thwarting our plans to take a boat to the Mouth of the River today… the “3 passes” that is—that’s right, it’s a Delta, it fans out, and there is not just…
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How the Back Porch Sits
This past Wednesday, around 3:30pm, I headed out from Chicago toward a downstate gem—Quincy, IL. I had been invited to attend the Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) Conference being hosted there as well as present Relay to the 40+ commissioners gathering there from the 10 states touched by the Great River. After driving the several hours just…
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The journey starts now
This blog is so overdue. I’ve been meaning to write something, even the start of something since last Wednesday when I was driving from work down Ashland Avenue, heading to Mana for rehearsal. Traffic was stop and go and I found myself zoning out in that way where suddenly I am thinking about something I…
