Joey Lovato

In the aftermath of 1 October, people created their own memorials.

Golden Owl Books, which opened in May, is not the only shop on wheels roaming Reno’s streets. More mobile businesses are cropping up each year.

It’s been almost two years since COVID-19 first ravaged the world, and it’s been a year since my Grandpa Rich, my mom’s dad, died of COVID.

It’s a yearly tradition, Reno residents wake up bright and early in September, right as the weather starts to cool, and head up to Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, where hundreds of hot air balloons ascend above the city.

Weiss is one of many performers who settled in Las Vegas after a career of traveling with the circus. The city offered job opportunities and a large community of former circus folks, who supported him when Laura died last year from ovarian cancer. The community was especially close after living together in the tight quarters of circus trains, being cut off from normal society and sometimes literally holding the life of their fellow performers in their hands.

The destination — still more than an hour away — was City, a mile-and-a-half long, half-mile-wide concrete-and-rock sculpture. The artist, Michael Heizer, opened his magnum opus to visitors in September 2022 after more than 50 years of construction.