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More from an ongoing project. Mid-morning at No Knees Bar in Bristol, Vermont. Made with Nikon film SLR and ... small town america 2

An ongoing project I never intended to start and can't seem to finish. Fourth of July parade in Bristol, Vermont. Nikon film SLR and Nikkor 105mm f2.5 lens on Kodachrome, RIP ... small town america

"It's fine but it's like prison. We can't go anywhere or do what we like. And people steal around here, you have to be careful what you leave laying around. I'm all packed and ready ... haines city florida

"I don't want to talk about it and you shouldn't either. Someone once said: you don't talk about music, you listen ... if music could talk

"I'm looking for a way out of here. Where I'm from nobody is safe, you can't trust adults to be adults, kids twelve and thirteen run the streets and have guns and make ... where I'm from

"All kids like the beach. Kids like everything. He says he wants to be me, but really, I want to be like him ... nodak

"When I woke up I was in an Indian hospital. My whole life was flashing in front of me. I kept asking to make a phone call but somehow nobody could understand me. Finally I reached ... leaving michigan

"... and a pent-up enthusiasm like spring fever. I didn't know it at the time, but this was really when women came into their own. We could do anything — and we did ... now that's all I can think about

"In Vietnam it's bad to divorce your husband; sometimes even impossible. But I divorced my husband here in the U.S. right away, as soon as I learned what a rat he really was ... anything to win you over

"But I'm blood Cuban so I'm not the same American you are. Anglos never think of their ancestors even when they meet people like me and think we are ruining the country ... run over by trucks

"The gold woman takes the money from humble Andrew, bats her considerable eyelashes, smiles demurely ... fast times with fast food

"I went to Honduras to work along the coast, then to Panama where I patched holes in containers for the canal authority. I ended up in Brazil working as a welder. I loved Brazil. It's not like you think it is ... thrilled to be here

"I fell in love with one of my counselors there and we had a relationship for almost a year. He would smuggle me out of the dorm so I could spend weekends at his house in town ... a lukewarm success

"Your life is only what you remember. When it's not clear or you're confused or there's just nothing there it's like it didn't happen, even though you know it did. It's an insult to your humanity ... if I just wait long enough

"He had recently discharged himself from the veteran's hospital. He said he'd be dead within a month. He wanted to be ... the secret life of travelers

"Then he sort of careened off into a spiel about killing. He was still talking very loud and angrily. He kept looking over at me. I was sure I'd never seen him before. He was talking about ... the way things really are

"In our senior year Carolyn died in a car accident on the freeway. I was devastated, lost. I remember calling her parents after it happened and her mother just froze and didn't say ... something men can't understand

"One day we were gassing up a truck near Greybull and the Angels pulled in and started filling their tanks one after the other. They were fat, dirty guys wearing greasy looking black ... everyone has a gun in wyoming

"I was usually the one who started making a distraction because I was young and innocent looking and nobody would suspect me. Sometimes I would pretend to vomit at my table ... it's what you get away with

"After that year I went off to college like most of my friends. We were all scattered then. We wrote letters and saw each other sometimes at holiday breaks but little by little our friendships ... it doesn't translate

"I work and I come home and I help my grandkids with school lessons. Then I make us dinner and we try to have some time together after, usually we watch TV. We're all working towards ... edna

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