Avoidable Contact Forever

Avoidable Contact Forever

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Dreams Of The Magic Bus

Dreams Of The Magic Bus

Why I can't let go of "Into The Wild", and why perhaps you can't, either.

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Jack Baruth
Aug 25, 2022
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Ten days after a former friend of mine appeared on my phone via stutter-step Zoom, put on a set of reading glasses, and stumbled through a pre-written paragraph about how this will be your last day with the company, my son and I stood at the face of Salvation Mountain.

“Chris was here,” he said.

“Yes.”

“No, I mean, he was right here. He stood right here.…

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