Middle Austin

The time after I’d settled into Austin, and before I started a family

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The Saab. The Silver Bullet. The strange car that has a special place in my history. Hours spent driving around Austin blasting ‘Ride of the Valkyrie’ and Aphex Twin’s ‘Girl/Boy’ out of the (electric) windows, sat on plush leather upholstery. Days of connecting gauges and pipes to diagnose turbo issues. Saab 900 16V TURBO, suckers. […]

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Motherfather. With two hours to spare, I completed my novel for Nanowrimo. 50000 words of utter bunkum about a man who moves to Texas and half climbs a mountain. Can’t think of where I got the inspiration from. Maybe some man I met down the pub or something. Pubs. I remember them. Vaguely. I have

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