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Recent Work

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It’s not the most professional image to accompany a list of recent publications, but it beautifully illustrates the haphazard nature of late summer freelance work. You’ve got the tools, you’re getting the work done, but there’s a certain … something … that’s missing. After an intense spring, I backed way off this summer. I did a lot of camping, made it to a couple music festivals, caught up with some friends (and my kids!) who wondered where I’d been all spring. I made deadlines and maintained connections with key clients, but I didn’t pursue new work.”Taking it easy” doesn’t mean “taking time off,” though. Here’s what I published in late summer.

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Strokkur

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The first time I went to Iceland, I took a Golden Circle tour, as you do. The tour guide explained.

Old Geysir doesn’t go up anymore, but Strokkur erupts like clockwork.

 

Admit it. You laughed, too.

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Cool as Sin

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This one time I was in Reykjavik and Sin Fang was playing an unadvertised show in an art gallery to promote a friend’s artwork. The performance was good but the sound was shit and that night I stepped outside of my own life and got to be a cool insider, leaning on an art gallery wall with my wine in a plastic cup and criticizing the mix. It’s the sort of thing that only happens (to me, at least) when you travel.

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Gamli Gaukurinn

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The metal scene in Reykjavik is described as “small but active.” But the one random Saturday I was ever in the city (not for a music festival) there happened to be a small metal festival taking place to raise money for new gear at Gamli Gaukurinn. Active indeed.

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Behind Reykjavik

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Reykjavik from the back.