J.W. Burleson photo / Boquillas del Carmen, Coah.

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We own a 1975 GMC Sierra Grande 15 in Maine and a 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 in West Texas. Also a pair of 1997 Volvo 850 wagons. Average age in the fleet is 28 years--we're recycling. I've published 3 novels: THE LAW OF DREAMS (2006), THE O'BRIENS (2012), and CARRY ME (2016). Also 2 short story collections: NIGHT DRIVING(1987) and TRAVELLING LIGHT (2013). More of my literary life is at www.peterbehrens.org I was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study for 2012-13. I'm an adjunct professor at Colorado College and in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. In 2015-16 I was a Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The Autoliterate office is in Car Talk Plaza in Harvard Square, 2 floors above Dewey Cheatem & Howe. SUBSCRIBE TO THE AUTOLITERATE DAILY EMAIL by hitting the button to the right.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Patina...and the 1959 F100

Our Central Coast correspondent, the painter Chris Baker, has an eye for trucks that display, shall we say, patina. It's not a word that we really like--but we can't think of a better. We certainly appreciate plain old trucks that have been around a while and show it, but are still strong and solid, and seem determined to keep going. Chris found us this weathered, slightly beat-up, but magnificent 52-year-old  F100 survivor on a what looks like a foggy  (the "marine layer", aka June Gloom) summer day in Carpinteria, Calif.



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