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Five Thousand Miles, Lost in Appalachia, and Pawning Silver to Get Home: Taking a Break from the World

Posted on July 2, 2018

A photo of Barrett and Wolfgang on their road trip.

Times are tough. How many times a day do you envision taking an indiscriminate exit on the highway and seeing where it takes you? And then the next turn. And the next. And the next. Next thing you know, it’s been nine days and you’ve driven to Massachusetts.…

Spectrum South Snapshot #2: Mike Rudulph

Posted on November 12, 2017

I am a 37-year-old gay man from Alabama. I was raised in a predominately white upper middle-class neighborhood just "over the mountain" from Birmingham, and now own a home in city proper. I live with my partner of over 13 years. We have two cats, Uly and Sergeant, and our pit-mutt, Khaleesi. I am a veteran of The United States Marine Corps, serving eight years during “Don't Ask Don't Tell” from 2000 until 2008. During my career in the Marines,…

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Five Thousand Miles, Lost in Appalachia, and Pawning Silver to Get Home: Taking a Break from the World

Spectrum South Snapshot #2: Mike Rudulph

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