Long-form essays and shorter dispatches on extraction, craft, and the shape of operator work. Researched, specific, and in no hurry.
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Generation got cheap. Reading did not. An unchecked output is a bill, sent to whoever cannot refuse to open it.
The 1982 Oldsmobile Cutlass
A brown Oldsmobile, a velour back seat, and the khaki that Houston turned in the years the oil money still came.
The 1988 Chevrolet Caprice
A pilot's garage-kept Caprice, bought the year the marriage ended, and what the sun and the cigarettes did to it.
The 1991 Chevrolet Silverado
A mother as a roommate, a father remaking himself on a treadmill, and the truck that belonged to the new version.