If you are new to this blog series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction. It was a hot tropical night in Costa Rica. I stood up in the middle of a crowded outdoor bar in sight of the beach and challenged everyone to a foosball tournament. There were cheers in […]
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If you are new to this blog series, please begin here: Dreadless: An Introduction. Six months after I started learning how to drive for the umpteenth time–and made more progress with it than ever before–I had mastered the basic skills, but I was also still making dangerous mistakes. Something strange was […]
If you are new to this blog series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction **Note: If you’ve been following this story so far, you’ll want to know that I have belatedly changed my boyfriend’s name to Ace in order to protect his identity.** January, 2013. The summer before, I had […]
If you are new to this blog series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction. It was a cool June day, several months after I had realized that the only way to break the cycle was to stop avoiding the issue of learning how to drive. I had been out for […]
If you are new to this blog series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction. For the millionth time, I pulled up beside a parked car until my bumper was parallel. I put the car in reverse and started backing, turning the wheel to maneuver our Subaru into place. I carefully […]
If you are new to this series, please start here: Dreadless: An Introduction. My hands gripped the wheel of the ’87 AMC Spirit and my heart was in my throat as I pulled out of the parking lot onto a busy street in the middle of a strip mall. My […]