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Traveler´s City

Started by markvans · 9 months ago

Everything was new and beautiful. We were free and unattached. A vague itinerary had us wandering through the forests and dunes and lakes of Michigan and Canada, with ice cream shops and backwoods bars as reference points. A half-gallon of organic milk in the cooler, a borrowed tent, and defla ... Continue reading »

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  • Great story, Adam. Although the question of whether or not to pick up a hitchhiker is (in my opinion) a bit over-analyzed, this was a fresh and suggestive telling. You articulate with good literary imagination the tension required for a hard decision to stand up well alongside the grace and humility of our crucified King. Your story, whether it was intended this way or not, offered me more hope than the "standard" questions and answers have been able to provide.

    I hope everything is going well in Bolivia and thanks for writing.
  • I like to hitchhike. And you are a good writer.

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