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Mark Carl Rom
4 days ago3 min read
Day 19, Sunday, March 3, Dallas, Texas to Jefferson, Texas
Carnegie libraries visited: Jefferson Driving away from Will’s home, I had a rare feeling of joy and peace on this Sunday morning. I’m...
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Mark Carl Rom
5 days ago3 min read
Day 25 Saturday, March 9: Las Vegas, New Mexico to Taos, New Mexico
Carnegie libraries visited: Las Vegas (NM) Goldfinger was wrapped in a light layer of snow this morning. It was 26 degrees. Cold, but not...
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Mark Carl Rom
5 days ago4 min read
Day 33, Sunday, March 17: San Francisco
Carnegie libraries visited (all part of the San Francisco system): China Town, Golden Gate Valley, Noe Valley, Presidio It was time for a...
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Mark Carl Rom
5 days ago2 min read
Day 32, Saturday, March 16: Santa Cruz, California to Berkeley, California
Carnegie libraries visited: San Jose East, Alameda, Oakland Melrose, Oakland Temescal, Oakland Golden Gate The Alameda Carnegie library...
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Mark Carl Rom
6 days ago6 min read
Day 29, Wednesday, March 13: Los Angeles
Carnegie libraries visited: Lincoln Heights, Vermont Square, and Cahuenga. The “Grounded at Grand Central” AA meeting at 7.15 am today...
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Mark Carl Rom
6 days ago3 min read
Day 31, Friday March 15: Santa Barbara, California to Santa Cruz, California
Carnegie libraries visited: Pacific Grove, Santa Cruz The ‘Start Your Day Right’ morning AA meeting in Santa Barbara is held upstairs in...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 143 min read
Day 30, Thursday March 14: Los Angeles, California to Santa Barbara, California
Carnegie libraries visited: Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, California It’s National Pie Day (3.14) and Los Angeles graciously offered me...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 125 min read
Day 28, Tuesday, March 12: Calexico, California to Los Angeles, California
Carnegie libraries visited: Beaumont, South Pasadena I could see a long line of cars snaking towards our southern border when I woke up...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 122 min read
Day 27, Monday, March 11: Rest Stop, I-40 to Calexico, California
Carnegie libraries visited: Phoenix (AZ), Yuma, Calexico At the Camp Verde Community library in Arizona I ran into a librarian named...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 104 min read
Day 26, March 10: Taos, New Mexico to Rest Stop, I-40
Carnegie libraries visited: None Michael’s Kitchen Coffee Shop and Bakery is a must-stop for anyone traveling through Taos at breakfast,...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 71 min read
Day 24, Thursday, March 7: Austin, Texas to Ballinger, Texas
Carnegie libraries visited: Ballinger Most of the things I packed for this trip purely for functional reasons: towels, socks, battery...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 74 min read
Day 23, Wednesday, March 6: New Orleans, Louisiana to Austin, Texas
Carnegie libraries visited: Jennings If you walk into the Carnegie in Jennings, Louisiana you will be facing directly into the library’s...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 55 min read
Day 10, Wednesday, February 21: Eufaula, Alabama to Mobile, Alabama
Carnegie libraries visited: Eufaula, Alabama Too safe: it was a three police car morning. When my alarm went off at 7.30 I heard what...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 59 min read
Day 22, March 5: Baton Rouge, Louisiana to New Orleans, LouisianA
Carnegie libraries visited: New Orleans Algiers, New Orleans Childrens’ Resource I woke up to three of Baton Rouge’s landmarks. 1. From...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 43 min read
Day 21, Monday March 4: Jefferson, Texas to East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Carnegie libraries visited: Jefferson This was bound to happen, and it did. While chatting with Jean at the Jefferson Museum, she gave me...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 33 min read
Day 20, Sunday, March 3, Dallas, Texas to Jefferson, Texas
Carnegie libraries visited: Jefferson Driving away from Will’s home, I had a rare feeling of joy and peace on this Sunday morning. I’m...
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Mark Carl Rom
Mar 213 min read
Day 9, Tuesday, February 20: Brentwood, Tennessee to Eufaula, Alabama
Carnegie libraries visited: Union Springs, Alabama. The Carnegie Library in Union Springs, Alabama, is almost empty when I arrive at 3.30...
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Mark Carl Rom
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Day 8: Nashville
Carnegie libraries visited: Nashville East and Nashville Carnegie Pigeon Ford, in eastern Tennessee, was not on my itinerary. Maybe it...
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Mark Carl Rom
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Day 7: Lavonia, Georgia to Brentwood, Tennessee
Carnegie libraries visited: Lavonia, Georgia; Etowah and Harriman, Tennessee I'm quickly learning that many of the women who helped...
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Mark Carl Rom
Jul 4, 20241 min read
Day 6: Boston, Georgia to Lavonia, Georgia
Carnegie libraries visited: Boston, Pelham, and Eatonton, Georgia Americans are not a people that care passionately about its history,...
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