Sputnik Chronicles

I'm done with truth

The truth about truth is that it’s a slippery thing. Easy to bend, easy to break, and it might not even exist at all. It feels weird to say that because…

Apr 19, 2020 • 

Bill Loundy

March 2020

I have five crazy stories for you

World’s on fire. Again. Crap. Surely we’ll have to figure out what to do about that. But in the meantime, we also need to unwind. Be in the moment…

Mar 29, 2020 • 

Bill Loundy

The Whole Slow Story, Quickly

35mm photos of my cross-country adventure.

Mar 11, 2020 • 

Bill Loundy

February 2020

Your Attention Please 🌱

For most of the last few months, I’ve been bouncing around the Mojave Desert. It’s great. There’s plenty of excellent, free camping. Also, I’ve got…

Feb 25, 2020 • 

Bill Loundy

November 2019

Why I love country music

TL;DR: To prove that anybody can love anything

Nov 14, 2019 • 

Bill Loundy

It's just a piece of avocado toast.

But it's something to pay attention to, I guess.

Nov 1, 2019

July 2019

Davenport

When does the boycott begin? When will other people start doing what I’m doing? Is it wrong that I fantasize about thousands of people, eventually…

Jul 30, 2019

Maquoketa

I’ve been here in Maquoketa, Iowa for a week. It’s pronounced ma-CO-cah-tah, not MA-co-KEE-tah. It’s finally time to move on. Which also means that it’s…

Jul 28, 2019

Even hotter. Even more death.

Everything is going wrong. It’s true that life is great, even when it’s not. It’s true that it’s better to look at the bright side of things. But today…

Jul 20, 2019

It's hot and I'm dying

I drink black coffee now. I’m not sure how it happened, but it happened. Actually, I know exactly how it happened: I don’t have a fridge. I can’t keep…

Jul 19, 2019 • 

Bill Loundy

I can't think of a title

Behold! With my flip phone, I took a tiny, silly picture of something that was grand and glorious: The Elkhorn County Ribfest, which included several…

Jul 15, 2019

Slow and steady wins the race

Fast is easy. Slow is hard. Especially if you’ve been told, your whole life, to speed up, get somewhere. I’m really on the move now. After a full month…

Jul 8, 2019 • 

Bill Loundy