Tag: starting over

She Threw a Dart

 I’ve been reading old drafts I never posted, looking for lost gems, and found this:

It was one of one of  those talking-to-strangers encounters so common in Truth or Consequences, initiated by a bubbly dark-haired woman in the art-installation area of the ladies room at the Brewery. She enthused about the place and asked if I was local. I said I was, and then I asked where she was from.

“LA,” she said. “I’ve been here six months.”

“Sounds like a really positive change,” I  said. “How did you decide on T or C?”

“I thew a dart.”

I must have looked puzzled. She explained, “I spread out a map and threw a dart, and it landed it here. So I came.”

Anniversary Sale

Two years ago today, June 2, I was half-way across the country, moving from Virginia to New Mexico. I’d lived in Santa Fe previously and left for a job in northeastern North Carolina, where I found the setting for The Calling. I always knew I’d be back, and when I discovered Truth or Consequences, I was instantly caught in the vortex. I knew I would live here someday.

In Shaman’s Blues, Mae Martin moves to T or C. Unlike me, she’s never seen it before. Never been to New Mexico. Doesn’t know a soul in town except her father. Join her on the adventure and celebrate my anniversary.

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