Monday, April 7, 2025
Time: 5:10 PM
Song: And It’s Still Alright
Artist: Nathaniel Rateliff
Mode of Consumption: Listening to MP3s on drive home from work.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/2tRxHjEkdgGMv9kZbOyqOH?si=af4f68cddd964dba
The car in front of me slowed to twenty miles per hour, veered to the middle of the road, before floating back over to the correct lane. As we descend a hill, the car sped up to forty until reaching a culvert at the bottom. Then once again, the speed slowed and the white SUV meandered to the middle of the road.
So, it went as we traversed Kilgour Road from Route 2 outside of Dixon to Palmyra Road at Prairieville. The erratic lane usage and hills making it impossible to pass.
Such is life driving on country roads. Drivers going really fast. Other drivers putting along like driving is something they just found out about. Tractors. Combines. Bicyclists taking up a quarter of a lane. Small wildlife. Sometimes big domesticated animals freed from their pastures. A little bit of everything.
At Prairieville, the driver turns, a boon for me. I continue on straight.
Prairieville is a mere blip on a map and only barely bigger than that in reality. We have a joke in our family that one time my mom got lost in Prairieville at the end of a long day of moving my sister into a new home. Getting lost is almost an impossible feat.
With Prairieville behind me, Nathaniel Rateliff begins to sing, a sad song about losing a friend. I forget about the erratic driver, about work, about most things, and think about those that I’ve lost.
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