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DOWN THE COAST By Peter Nolan Smith

October 1, 2022 – 2:43 pm

Skyline Drive crested a hill and the bright California sun crowned the hundreds of identical houses snaking up the streets of Daly City with a golden nimbus. Smoke from sizzling meat floated above countless backyards, as suburban families celebrated Memorial Day with holiday barbecues. I longed for a seared hamburger and a beer, but tramped […]

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TO THE DOOR by Peter Nolan Smith

January 6, 2012 – 9:37 am

I-5 ran south out of Sacramento. The temperature in the Central Valley was much hotter on the other side of the Sierras and AK blasted the Torino’s AC. As a car owner AK wanted to return the Ford in the same condition as we had received it in Boston, so halfway to Lodi we hit […]

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GODLESSNESS by Peter Nolan Smith

March 27, 2011 – 12:36 pm

East of Albuquerque the interstate switchbacked up the Santia Heights out of the Rio Grande Valley. The summer lost its heat, as the rusted pick-up climbed toward the pass and the cooler temperature revitalized AK and me. Late-August temperatures were murder on longhaired hitchhikers crossing the Far West. Rides were few and distances were far. […]

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