I was at the Hotel Shoreham, a lakeside outdoor pizza restaurant in rural Minnesota at the end of June, and a Twins game was playing on the television at the bar. I was mesmerized by the images of baseball, scenes I’ve seen so many times that I often use the games as white noise, a background that is work friendly. But right then and there, all I wanted to do was sit at that bar outside with a cold beer and watch a team that means little to me play baseball on TV. This got me thinking about the amplification of simple pleasures we’re all experiencing this summer… which in turn led me to the topic of vacations. These annual rituals of escape seem so important right now. (Brian Hieggelke)
Meditations on getting away
When The Going Gets Good By Robert Rodi
One Night in the Voodoo Museum By David Witter
Me, Myself and I By Isa Giallorenzo
24 Hours in Springfield By John Moss
Guns and Butter in the Land Up North By David Hammond