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s p a c e s: overnight stay

Anywhere, U.S.A. c.2010 It’s check-in time at the motel we’re stopping at for the night. Where are we going? Where have we been? We don’t recall. We only know that we’ve been riding in a car for hours and now it’s time to stop and rest, our bodies jangling from…

Essay

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s p a c e s: overnight stay
s p a c e s: overnight stay

Jan 21, 2021

s p a c e s: pleasure seeking

place: pleasure island, lake buena vista, florida time: c. april 2002 Hey, party people! Who’s ready to have a Good Time out there? Pull on your pleather pants and platform sandals ’cause we’re hitting the clubs downtown tonight and partying like it’s 2002! Sorry, that should read that we’ll be…

Disney

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s p a c e s: pleasure seeking
s p a c e s: pleasure seeking

Dec 10, 2020

s p a c e s: dry heat

place: infrared sauna time: c. 2016 Everybody ends up here eventually — naked and alone, inside a wooden box. Okay, maybe not specifically here, which is an infrared sauna at a spa in midtown Toronto. Seduced by promises and possibilities of a relaxing touch-free, people-less experience that might take the…

Wellness

16 min read

s p a c e s: dry heat
s p a c e s: dry heat

Nov 21, 2020

s p a c e s: records & recording

place: montgomery county courthouse, montgomery, alabama time: c. 1990 Welcome to the Montgomery County Courthouse and Administration Building in historic downtown Montgomery, Alabama. Is it in the heart of the historic district? Write-ups about places frequently pin destinations as being in the heart of a larger location, which stirs up…

Essay

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s p a c e s: records & recording
s p a c e s: records & recording

Nov 21, 2020

s p a c e s: a day at the outlets

place: orlando vineland premium outlet time: c. 2004 At the end of the line for the I-Ride Trolley, we reach our destination for the day. Here we are at the Orlando Premium Outlet, just off International Drive and Interstate 4. Look across the parking lot and wave to the tourists…

Shopping

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s p a c e s: a day at the outlets
s p a c e s: a day at the outlets
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Katharine Miller: Author. Artist. Novelty Enthusiast. sparklingobservationalist.com

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