Marylou was a bookkeeper

Marylou was a bookkeeper is a recording of travel logs by Marylou Sutton that I found after her passing. Stapled and handwritten on spiral notebook paper, the journal details the logistics of a mysterious roadtrip across the US from Georgia to Washington. Despite her attention to finances and mileage, the logs are are not dated with a year, but are believed to document a trip made with her husband, brother-in-law and and sister-in-law…most likely in 1983. The monotonous accounting is accented by observations of the dull colors of landscape and even a rare joke, reflecting the personality of the grandmother I know, the bookkeeper.

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Originally aired on No-Soap Radio's "Field of Action" broadcast exhibition in 2024.