Tag: faces of the road: Page 5

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‘Reverend Haney,’ shapeshifting sin-master with a trucking conscience, hangs it up

Long Haul Paul on the conversions and ingenuity and numerous work-arounds of a hauler who’s put up his traveling shoes for good: “An Unseen Smith was forging His divine stamp on the old forger. No one knew more about sin than Haney, and everyone knew it. No one knew how to get around stuff like him either.” …

July 2, 2018

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Faces of the road: Dawn L. at the diesel desk and her extended family

From her childhood in the Mojave Desert to befriending professional truckers, Long Haul Paul stops to learn more about Dawn L., a Pilot diesel cashier.

May 14, 2018

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Faces of the Road: Retired hauler and fleet owner Theldon Thornburgh

The latest in Long Haul Paul’s series capturing voices from the road: Theldon Thornburgh reflects on his long career, beginning in a 1930s/40s gas-powered International: “I was pretty lucky. I think I traveled 5.2 million miles and never did have a chargeable accident…”

April 30, 2018

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Faces of the Road: Mary Gauthier and her new record of songs written with military veterans

How “Mercy Now” folk singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier came to pen the 11 tracks on her new “Rifles and Rosary Beads” record working with military veterans as cowriters, the latest in “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer’s “Faces of the Road” series.

April 10, 2018