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Labor Day Weekend 2021

Yes, it’s Labor Day Weekend, which can only mean one thing…I’ve been out on the road for nearly a year! See what I did there?…

Video Thursday

As I wait out the last day or two of my unfortunate tethering to Mesa, Arizona, I’m going to catch up here on a couple…

Happy Thanksgiving!

I also give thanks for the generations of African and Native Americans who have fought bravely for this country in every war we’ve waged, Civil and otherwise, then returned to their homes where they were met with the very same discrimination and revolting racism that they’d left in order to serve.

Disturbing Roadway Message Sign

Since first landing in Cave Creek, Arizona 16 years ago I’ve referred to neighboring Carefree, AZ as the most ironically named town in America. It’s…

About the author

In my adult life I’ve been called many things, but never cruel, inconsiderate, disinterested, selfish, thoughtless, lazy, cowardly, stupid or content.

For better and worse I’ve set my own path almost to the exclusion of others, and that path has lead me here. Which is to say, nowhere.

Nowhere’s not a bad place. It’s rife with possibilities, some entirely within my control and others random and unknowable.

I suppose such a statement could apply to anyone. In most Western nations, though, where the rule is to be physically, psychologically, intellectually and/or spiritually somewhere – often somewhere very specific or even pre-ordained – safe, and feigned contentment, dominate. (Not you, of course.)

The choices I’ve made, the roads I’ve taken and the roads that have taken me have conspired to lead me nowhere.

I’ll try nowhere now.

marklipsky.com

Notes from Nowhere

Posts from the ‘Racism in America’ category

Labor Day Weekend 2021

Video Thursday

Happy Thanksgiving!

Disturbing Roadway Message Sign