shoutout to the two (2) poc we met at the comfort inn, potentially the only poc in all of north dakota

30 august 2021 📍dickinson, nd

right now one of us is in a v state and the other just left a v city. we'll let you guess who's who . . . lots of love from the road back <3

meeting new people and remembering all the oldies

6 august 2021 📍seattle, wa: anchorhead coffee

feeling: immense gratitude. thank you to the chungs, lauren and family, jim, del and family, mega, rajan and quee lan, kahsaia and breanna and the boys, claire, idlib, teresa. THANK YOU ASHER. it's our final full day. we depart tomorrow. six weeks ending makes me heart hurt. im glad I was able to spend it with you, too. thank you to the nice guy on the street who told us we should really learn how to stop on our boards. you're right and we will. <3

(but it's not over yet.. we still have shakespeare in the park and 小笼包 and good company to look forward to)

moving with the current

6 august 2021 📍seattle, wa: anchorhead coffee

there are lots of things that i think to blog about and lots of things that i forget about completely. yesterday, there were so many wonderful moments . . . it was a full day, and a fulfilling one. i'm glad i was able to spend it with you. :P

CD central

4 august 2021 📍seattle, wa: pike place market

music has been a big part of our journey. with dongles absent, we listen to wheelies' six-slot selection. aaaand we acquired four more CDs at the market today. new tunes to look forward to! sometime soon.

we're being followed D:

3 august 2021 📍seattle, wa: espresso vivace

six days ago we thrived in the Castro district in San Francisco, wandered past the famous Castro Theatre. what a sight. here in this coffee shop, there is a painting of its large billboard sign. what a sight! how connected our little big world is.

two (2) safeways

2 august 2021 📍renton, wa: safeway and safeway

mac and cheese and veggies, omelettes, salad . . . a kitchen to hunker down in! the high life.

I FOUND A STICKER OF A STANDING CAT

1 august 2021 📍portland, or: daily dose division

a cat . . . standing . . . like a human. mmmm . . . .

CHILLIN!!! a haiku 4 u

31 july 2021 📍portland, or

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the lady at the donut shop said 'have a good day' and i feel i did

29 july 2021 📍portland, or: 'sleeping at last'

the longest and second to last drive of our roadtrip was a pleasant one . . . talking and listening and laughing for hours makes me nostalgic! for the present! i'd like to think that means i'm cherishing the current moment. but who's to say!

from someone pro-reverse-folds

26 july 2021 📍santa rosa, ca: crooks coffee

personally I like reverse folds.

twenty-six steps

26 july 2021 📍santa rosa, ca: crooks coffee

yesterday we spent hours on orgiami. it reminded me of dry fried rice . . . i had almost forgotten about that. we left the animals, but a hatred of reverse-folds remains in my heart.

list of recent sices

24 july 2021 📍san francisco, ca: coolest place in the world

fruit stand bargain bin - oranges, peaches, strawberries, oh my!
perfume testers - one musky woods and one tropical fruit (guess who)
dark chocolate sea salt caramel squares with our postcard purchases

new intimacy achievement: unlocked!

20 july 2021 📍los angeles, ca: our borrowed room

living on the road together has gone pretty smoothly, over three weeks into this journey. yes, i'm changing.

skateaway

19 july 2021 📍los angeles, ca: the same three streets

it's a funny thing to skate around a neighborhood that isn't mine because after just a few rides, it feels familiar. a very brown dog really likes my board. two ladies wearing hats chat as they powerwalk along. an older gentleman strolls with his hands behind his back. he stops, smiles, and gives me a little wave. i say 'howdy' and he says 'hiya.' but i probably won't see him again.

double chocolate chip cookies

17 july 2021 📍los angeles, ca: dg's house

last night we baked double chocolate chip cookies with regular-sized and mini chocolate chips. above all, we danced and sang in the wooden kitchen. reminds me of something... another time, another place.

i'm thinking of peter the cat

15 july 2021 📍los angeles, ca: a table with a teal umbrella

it's been so long since we last blogged! a lot has happened in the past five days, and we've miraculously teleported to the city of stars. it feels like a different place from where we've been and where we're going.

the mountains, the sun, the sky, oh my!

10 july 2021 📍pleasant view, co: on the top of the world

the deer dancing in the fields don't know what they're doing to us . . .

compliments of craig/greg

9 july 2021 📍boulder, co: oak on fourteenth

i woke up full, after a swanky dinner downtown last night. we've been met with so much generosity during our trip! i broke a small sweat while checking out good ol' wheelies and trying to work off some of the yums. hehe

grocery list

8 july 2021 📍lafayette, co: walmart

grapes
1 banana
watch
pickles?

coping mechanisms of the supernatural variety by Avra Margariti

8 july 2021 📍boulder, co: my own room

on saturday, back in Wichita, the coffee shop had a little short story dispenser from their public library. today, on thursday, I look at my nightstand and see the poem Eliza was dispensed, folded in half. previous stops of this trip stick with me, and so will this one.

this sunny morning

7 july 2021 📍boulder, co: next to two napping dogs

we made (blueberry) pancakes and breakfast sausages, then we ate outside! talk of the future can be scary even if that future is two months away. a late start and a full stomach makes me want to slump down on the cool tile . . .

mystery came and went

5 july 2021 📍boulder, co: a chilly basement

a very calm day . . . less active than pretty much every other we've had so far. on this couch we watch tv and eat chocolate and i'm satisfied.

jo and athen(s/a)

4 july 2021 📍boulder, co: backyard with a trellis

another hot drive, but another rewarding one. we're now over a mile high! and to top it off we met some unfamiliar faces with some familiar names: joli and athena. we stayed with a joely in st. louis . . . joli helped us today at the safeway checkout. athens is one cool dog . . . so is athena. the world feels both small and big.

sunflowers on the side of the highway and other things we'll forget

4 july 2021 📍burlington, co --> boulder, co

here in diorama-land we see so many sights
we drive and drive and know inside that someday we just might
forget all of our stories and our towns and our own names
I hope that when it happens we are both far from the same

kanorado

3 july 2021 📍burlington, co: burlington inn

video game clouds - wahoo! today's drive was a hot one with wheelies struggling to conk out any a/c. our motel reservation fell through, but we last-minute got a room at another one with the most biggest giantest tv ever... that tragically doesn't have our show on it. we're turning in for the night with our cup noodles. seeya in boulder~~~

a child wearing sunglasses in a pull wagon

2 july 2021 📍st. louis, mo: tower grove south

donuts, coffee, and toasted rav filled our last morning in st. louis. we also met a fellow cool pair: athens and auggie. ('big dog, little dog!') special thanks to the chung family for being such lovely hosts during our entire stay. an amazing first stop . . . wowza!

bricks on bricks on bricks on bricks on bricks on bricks on bricks on bricks on bricks on bric

1 july 2021 📍st. louis, mo: tower grove south

we walked today more than we have in quite some time, and our path was filled with . . . brick. it surrounded us during our short time here in st. louis! the walk to tea was hot and hard, the walk back a little friendlier. Amelia saw a footprint in the concrete. the man at the mall restuarant gave us two (2) packets of soy sauce, free of charge but certainly not free of kindness.

daphne

1 july 2021 📍st. louis, mo: saint louis art museum

we enter a gallery room at the SLAM. 'sketching!' says Eliza. a woman stands in front of a dark sculpture with a notepad in hand. her pencilstrokes are swift.

the bull painting

30 june 2021 📍st. louis, mo: salt + smoke

today, we went to a rad barbecue joint. st. louis is famous for their barbecue, and our stummies were happy. plus, a little gem fell upon us, graced our eyes and hearts: a painting of a bull, not a few feet from us . . . how sublime! it was colorful and sweet. the bull's face was shy but charming . . . the vision still lingers. anywhomst, we were in a bit of a slump, then the bull and the grass singlehandedly shook us! we recreated the bull's pose. feast your eyes!