“You cheeky little monkeh,” my free-spirited British cousin would always say. She has only been here, in Melbourne, Australia, for three days to attend a family wedding, and every member of our family has somewhere to take her. We took her to one of Melbourne’s greatest tourist attractions, the Great Ocean Road. The car was […]
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My name is Kaelin, and I’m a 17-year-old high school senior, and I’ve lived the entirety of my short life in Southern California. Although the city I’ve grown up in is a haven for tourists, it has never felt like home to me. I was 10 years old the first time I visited Washington. I […]
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You never liked car rides because first you’d get sleepy, and when you couldn’t sleep, you’d get dizzy. Sometimes those rides would be bearable, if you remembered to tilt your head so far back you could see the streetlights upside down. They’d flash on your subtle, smiling face like a flickering bulb. Even freaky things […]
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“In honor of All the Bright Places, the Zion-Benton Public Library (in Zion, IL) took a road trip around Kenosha, Wisconsin, to discover its weird and interesting treasures. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! Why not wander your own town/state like Violet and Finch? Germ Magazine and I want to see your wanders!” — Jennifer Niven . . […]
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We stop at the only place with a food sign. Drive into nothing. Green River. See a diner. Sit by the window. Ask if that mud trickle is Green River. Get back in the car. Stop at the edge of earth’s baby tooth cavity. Sore spot for sky to tongue. The road stretches as far […]
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