Places Journal

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, has long depended on tourism. Now spaceflight has been folded into its mythos, at the dawn of the Second Space Age. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2w7hbIG via IFTTT

We use maps to find our way in the world, to locate ourselves in relation to others, to measure distance and record change. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2tVMIIB via IFTTT

Keep turning past the old town hall, which is the new library, then the old library, which is now the senior center. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2vkgom9 via IFTTT

I am swinging open the passenger door. I am running toward a rusted horizon, running out of a country to run out of. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2tWqK8i via IFTTT

East of childhood, north of capitol offenses, just west of a big blue treasure chest : wet coffin of neglected bones. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2vjW0BO via IFTTT

When I was a nothing but light, traveling at my own speed toward the planet, I had no past. I had no body to destroy. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2tWoAFZ via IFTTT

One woman drives across five states just to see her. The woman being driven to has no idea anyone’s headed her way. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2vkmLWL via IFTTT

Generations all together in that house, still standing. Plumb lines hang down straight, towards the center of the world. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2tVWhYg via IFTTT

Hello, holy rollers who plug in their amps, blow out the power in the building, preach to the street from the stoop. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2vkgmL3 via IFTTT

She remembers those 18 hours of hunger, those 18 years of struggle, the 18 Trans sistas showing each other love. Read on Places Journal from Places Journal http://ift.tt/2tWbyYU via IFTTT