American Journal

A sense of place

Postcards

Images with a few words beside them.
A place to pause, and something to take with you.

An empty recording studio with an analog console, illuminated meters, a microphone, and warm lamplight.

Postcard No. 004

After the red light.

An empty chair, a quiet console, and a room between voices.

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Three empty chrome stools with brown-red seats face a softly lit diner counter, seen through a window reflecting an autumn street and wet sidewalk.

Postcard No. 003

Before the first cup.

A light over the counter. A wet sidewalk. Nobody in a hurry yet.

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An old walnut tabletop radio with an amber dial and a cream coffee mug sit beside an empty wooden chair on a rain-dark porch at blue hour.

Postcard No. 002

After the song.

An old radio, a cooling cup, and a porch that can wait a little longer.

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A fishing boat rests beside weathered waterfront houses in a blue-gray harbor, with warm windows glowing through dawn fog and wet pier boards in the foreground.

Postcard No. 001

Before the harbor wakes.

A warm window. A boat at its mooring. A few minutes before the day begins.

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