Bygones BygonesBy Michele Venne By Michele VenneSteinbeck’s Mother Road brushes Eastern and Western horizons. A pearl-green ’64 Cadillac purrs as the turned key resumes the adventure. An open highway brings a woman back to herself. Past lovers, like the odor of a greasy diner, are whisked out the window, to flutter, float, and fall onto the shoulder of a nostalgic era.

