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Back in the day when we used to ride.

A personal note from the Smallroom archive on an old Grand Wagoneer photograph, memory, motion and the interests that travel with creative work.

Vintage Jeep Grand Wagoneer parked along a city street
A vintage Grand Wagoneer photographed by Miguel Delima / Pexels. The original post referenced a different freeway image.

Years ago, I came across a photograph of a Jeep Grand Wagoneer on a Los Angeles freeway. One frame brought back the roads, cars and chapters of life that had stayed somewhere in the back of my mind.

An old car can do that. So can a song, a street or a place you have not visited in years. It takes you back before you have worked out why.

I still make room for those interests. The things we notice outside work have a way of changing how we see it when we return.