Well, I'm
a-standin' on a corner In
Winslow, Arizona Such a
fine sight to see It's a
girl, my Lord, In a flat-bed
Ford Slowin' down to take a look at me

These
famous lyrics from The Eagles 1972 smash hit “Take It Easy” are sung
every day of every year in bars throughout America. Winslow should not be on
any map, never mind in someone’s head, but then the Eagles came along and
secured this unremarkable town’s fame.

For some
months I had labored over how best to tell this story. Google has changed all
our lives, but I still think there is no replacement for a site visit. And so,
with no crew or cameras, I found myself on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and just
looked and looked.

The
commemorative statues and the façade with the flatbed Ford offered a good
backdrop to which I could add many more men standing in that corner. The sense
of place could be a blurred merger of the façade and then my extras. The façade
is so good; I particularly liked the couple making out through the upstairs
window.

The truth is that the sassy girl in the car was just a little
too good for the adoring men of Winslow. It was a fine sight to see, but that
was where the story ended. Everyone was standing that day - including the girl and her unlikely
passenger.

Take it
easy.