Ocotillo Wells, California
Ocotillo Wells, California melted in the spackled rain. The late summer storm was unexpected and...
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Author: Paul Talbot
Ramona, California
Ramona, California unloaded the last of the boxcars that came down from Reno. Hardened men soaked...
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San Felipe, California
San Felipe, California slept in until the parade of saxophone ghosts grew impossible to ignore....
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Jamul, California
Jamul, California knew the risks and how best to deflect them. All it took was concentration and...
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Potrero, California
Potrero, California never quite managed to turn its back on Mexico despite a century of...
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The Otay Mesa
The Otay Mesa was the last the six oilmen saw of the United States. The navy-blue van pulled into...
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Cathedral City, California
Cathedral City, California glanced up at the purple face of the San Jacinto Mountains and liked...
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Borrego Springs, California
Borrego Springs, California sashayed into the home stretch of marinating a fifty-pound batch of al...
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Dulzura, California
Dulzura, California sang along with Sam Cooke as if the angels had never left town. Two men in...
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White River City, Colorado
White River City, Colorado listened with the attentiveness of a demure piano tuner. “It’s...
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Ocotillo, California
Ocotillo, California roasted beneath a harsh white sky striped with terror. A hundred miles to the...
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Malone, Utah
Malone, Utah couldn’t have been culpable. The mountain lions were out of town when it all went...
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