the intervalist

@theintervalist
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I’m writing a series about a man, an AI, a ranch, and the small events that turn into large ones.
Slow-burn fiction. Quiet moments. Tools, fire, food, and the things people don’t say out loud.
New readers welcome. Start anywhere, but Ashokan Farewell is a good entry point.
Airstream restorer, canyon walker, occasional welder.
Author of The Intervalist on Substack.

DMs open. Boosts welcome.

Hashbrowns

Doug takes a firm stand on an ordinary breakfast item, and greets an old friend

Doug takes a firm stand on a breakfast item and greets an old friend.

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https://betweencorners.substack.com/p/hashbrowns?r=6v3six

Hashbrowns

Doug takes a firm stand on an ordinary breakfast item, and greets an old friend

The Intervalist
Vest Pockets

Charlotte learns that Doug’s voluminous vest pockets are more than a punchline

The Intervalist

I posted a new essay on Substack: Consequences.

It’s about the moment when explanations stop working, and what we do instead.

If you read it and it lingers, I’d be glad if you passed it along.

https://betweencorners.substack.com/p/consequences?r=6v3six

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Consequences

Doug returns to the Grand Canyon for volunteer work. While he is there, two park visitors experience different outcomes

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"As Doug began his descent, he was quiet for a few minutes. Inhaled the dry air. Clocked the view down the Bright Angel Trail, past the smear of green of Havasupai Gardens, the faint ribbon of trail out to Plateau Point. Beyond that, out of sight, the final plunge to the timeless Colorado River."

https://open.substack.com/pub/betweencorners/p/consequences?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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Consequences

Doug returns to the Grand Canyon for volunteer work. While he is there, two park visitors experience different outcomes

"Doug looked too. Something about seeing the house from this distance made his chest tight. He loved the place. Its simple square profile, the neat gables over the second-story windows, the unfussy clapboard siding. Only some new gaps in the roof shingles were visible from his position. Easily fixed"

Doug and Charlotte assess the damage.

https://betweencorners.substack.com/p/what-was-left?r=6v3six

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What Was Left

Doug and Charlotte assess the damage, and encounter a surprise

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The Blank Spot in the Bathroom

Doug and Charlotte experience the same storm, but remember it differently

“I got her seated, then walked quickly to the garage to grab the first aid kit and a headlamp. Once back, the beam of the headlamp revealed that her cut was not trivial, but it was manageable. No artery. I got another clean towel, had her hold pressure again.”

Current episode — surviving the storm.

https://open.substack.com/pub/betweencorners/p/the-blank-spot-in-the-bathroom?r=6v3six&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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The Blank Spot in the Bathroom

Doug and Charlotte experience the same storm, but remember it differently

Latest episode of 'Between Corners."

"I looked at the radar on the screen again. An orange band of clouds coming out of the west had coalesced into a menacing blob of red. I thought I could make out a telltale hook.

Sixty miles away. Thirty miles per hour.

Two hours.

Maybe less.

I snapped my laptop closed."

https://open.substack.com/pub/betweencorners/p/the-blank-spot-in-the-bathroom?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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The Blank Spot in the Bathroom

Doug and Charlotte experience the same storm, but remember it differently

The Blank Spot in the Bathroom

Doug and Charlotte experience the same storm, but remember it differently

The Intervalist