oothbrush and toothpaste (Davis Mountains)
Razor (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Blue windbreaker (Los Angeles, California)
Lonely Planet Guide to the Pacific Northwest (Portland, Oregon)
Infusium Deep Conditioning for Damaged or Color-Treated Hair (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Fujitsu laptop computer (Ottawa, Canada)
Address book (Ottawa, Canada)
1 can of black beans, 1 package of rice (Montreal, Canada)
Cell phone charger (Portland, Maine)
Infusium Deep Conditioning for Damaged or Color-Treated Hair (Portland, Maine)
Mary McCarthy's The Company She Keeps (Providence, Rhode Island)
Cell phone antennae (New York subway, New York)
Toothbrush and toothpaste (New York, New York)
Half-package, hot dogs (New York, New York)
And wherever I stay, scrunchies and little colored elastic bands for my hair, left on bedside tables and underneath couches, a trail that stretches around the country and back home again.

written in Washington, DC