Long before the open roads of the American West, there was a quieter road—from the house where I grew up to the family farm we’ve worked for forty years. After three years in the Arizona desert, a Kentucky summer feels like abundance: green fields, fireflies, aging parents becoming great-grandparents, and the quiet knowledge that only so many trips home remain.

This episode is a full voice-over reading of the essay, animated on screen. A short return to the farm, the hunting cabin, target practice, a fish fry, and the part of me that will always live at the head of that holler.

Read the full essay with photographs:https://www.endlessamericanroad.com/p/mile-marker-my-first-american-road

Main site: www.endlessamericanroad.com

Long before the open roads of the American West, there was a quieter road—from the house where I grew up to the family farm we’ve worked for forty years. After three years in the Arizona desert, a Kentucky summer feels like abundance: green fields, fireflies, aging parents becoming great-grandparents, and the quiet knowledge that only so many trips home remain.

This episode is a full voice-over reading of the essay, animated on screen. A short return to the farm, the hunting cabin, target practice, a fish fry, and the part of me that will always live at the head of that holler.

Read the full essay with photographs:https://www.endlessamericanroad.com/p/mile-marker-my-first-american-road

Main site: www.endlessamericanroad.com