Tag Archive: utah

Two Steps Back

July 13, 2017 6:08 pm Published by John Montesi

A series of machinations led to another, even younger-looking tow truck driver appearing some 30 minutes after we first arrived.... View Article

Survival Mechanisms

July 10, 2017 3:58 pm Published by John Montesi

The noises emanating from the Land Cruiser’s transmission were grim. There was the uneasy whine of a transfer case that... View Article

The Middle of Nowhere

July 5, 2017 3:44 pm Published by John Montesi

“The middle of nowhere” is a loaded idiom. It’s a vague-yet-precise phrase that invokes a certain situation or location, and which could be positive or negative depending on who says it. It offers up visions of amber waves and orange plateaus, of abandoned filling stations and faded glimpses of the past’s future. It is a place devoid of the decades of social construction required to populate a city with its traps and trappings.