James A. Reeves
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Las Vegas

February 1, 2023

Ten years sober today. Proof there’s such a thing as grace.

Las Vegas

January 31, 2023

I don’t mind feeling older. It brings a liberating sense of honesty.

Broadcasts

Desert Run I

I stitched together my favorite running songs because I need some solid entertainment to keep me moving through the desert.

Mojave Desert

January 26, 2023

The desert is littered with bizarre facts, and I often think I invented them, like a fragment from a dream or a misremembered film.

Las Vegas

January 10, 2023

Here in Las Vegas, we’re catching the faintest edge of the atmospheric river, a weather event that sounds like something from a fantasy novel.

Las Vegas

January 3, 2023

In the grip of my delirium, I half-watched a lousy Netflix series that can be viewed in any order, which seems like a trial balloon for AI-generated entertainment.

Las Vegas

January 1, 2023

C. and I rang in the new year at the top of Route 93.

Journal

2022 Rotation

My favorite albums this year sounded messier than in years past: scuffed and bruised yet defiant—which sounds like the future.

Las Vegas

December 28, 2022

The unique scent of desert rain has a scientific name, petrichor, derived from the Greek words for stone and the blood of the gods.

Las Vegas

December 27, 2022

Unlike the blank winter grays of the Midwest and East Coast, the clouds over Vegas are well-defined, painterly, and startlingly low.

Las Vegas

December 22, 2022

Las Vegas feels like the future, but I’m also living in the past.

Las Vegas

December 21, 2022

It’s the longest night of the year, and I went for my first Las Vegan run.

Interstate

December 20, 2022

Billboards across the panhandle told me to find nirvana, win a free furnace, and invest in crypto.

Las Vegas

November 30, 2022

As we pulled up to our ninth small tan house of the day, “American Woman” rocked the block.

Las Vegas

November 29, 2022

As we consider each room, there is much discussion of orientation.

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