Today’s guest post is brought to you by Robert Kirkendall. It’s the first chapter of his novel, Redwood Summer. Thanks, Robert!
aerial photograph Santa Clara, San Clara county, California
SAN JOSE, CA 1990
Was it all just too good to be true? Jason was in the passenger seat of a work truck as he reflected on the life changing events of the previous few months. He looked out across the austere expanse of unadorned one and two story concrete tilt-ups of Silicon Valley as the truck passed one building after another. I had a good job with room to grow, Jason recalled, I had all my friends, Christine and I didn’t have a care in the world. How did all change so quick? Jason lamented, then wondered if all the good times were gone. The morning sun was above the eastern Mount Hamilton range and shone across the…
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