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A Personal Story Journal

Jamie Carter's Backroad Stories

A collection of stories, memories, projects, lessons, and moments worth keeping from a life along the backroads.

Along this road

Stories stay here instead of disappearing into a feed. Start anywhere and follow the road at your own pace.

After Everything Got Weird

After Everything Got Weird

I don’t know exactly when it happened, but somewhere along the way, people got harder to reach. I’m in my early forties now, born and raised around Bryan, Ohio, which is a strange age and a strange thing to say. You’re old enough to remember when people actual...