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My roads diverging, by Steve Almond

Meditative Story

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Losing My Mind Will Make All the Difference

"i am having an accidental crisis. Two roads are diverging into the yellow woods, just like it said on the poster i used to stare at in my dad's study," writes writer and journalist John Sutter. "My body is clearly going to torture me until i heed its advice", he says of his decision to leave California for Mexico. After a week of tumult, Sutter begs the features editor for his job back. He eventually makes friends with a colleague who grew up in madres del rio,. Eventually they go on long, beautiful trips together across the sierra.

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