Out Over My Skis
Explorations in the pleasures and perils of getting out over your skis, told through nonfiction essays, photographs, and occasional fiction.
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Porsche Drivers Don’t Wave (opens the original)
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Two days before our big road trip I broached the question with Sara: “Are we sure we want to take the Porsche?”I was pretty sure, but I didn’t want Sara to feel she’d been strong-armed into taking a 12-year-old, two-seat convertible on a multi-day drive across the West in the middle of fire season when we had another, far cushier option.“Well, the Volvo would be more comfortable,” she acknowledged. “But we’re doing this for the adventure, right? I think we should take the Porsche.”That&#
This Is How It Ends (opens the original)
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We finished our walk out at the Slough this morning and hopped in the car to head home. Sara remembered that she wanted to point out a house out to me, a house she liked. As we approached the house she started in on its qualities.“See how big the windows are? I think that’s the living room and kitchen, but I wonder if the house is too big and I don’t know if we want to take care of a lawn that big.”I looked over at her. I hadn’t really heard a word she said because I was lost, lost in a song: ’s
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