There were four cats along the way on my walk Sunday morning. I believe they served as lookouts; as gatekeepers; as ambassadors of the quiet – the walk slow and gentle -and it would…

This house is up the next block from where I live on NE 16th. I snapped this yesterday just before 6p, on a walk in the heat, drowsy, silly, strolling along. I often notice…

…Turns out with virtually no spending the trickle away of savings is just a trickle. Away. My heart valve may give out completely long before the money. And ditto, in terms of company, for…

…There’s two weeks before the landlords return, Kate a bit more than that, no current appointments, Tuesday nights and those Wednesday/Saturday teacher flips, like totally, all these gosh darn books, the state has big,…

A wonder, hmmm, if there’s been just enough outreach (finding a job) that it’s left to patiently wait, now just wait, a patient lingering on a cusp – one cusp of a zillion between…

Seemingly unemployable and everything, I am going to apply for a fellowship. $5000. To subsidize a two-week journey hither and yon, multiple landing spots, during which I will research and begin the devotion to…

When the day began, yesterday, there were four possible employment possibilities for me – two I had interviewed for, and two interviews scheduled for the afternoon. By 4:45pm each one had passed by, kaput,…

I’m with Annie – It’s a hard knock life. And still, rapping with Spenser offers heavy encouragement. Which Spenser-talk translates into something like, “Get your butt in gear, Dad.”

It came to me the other morning, on a walk, poor as I am, in need of burrito money, gas money, going to the movies money, insurance money, CD money, used book money, even…

“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” – Lester Bangs That pretty much says it, me showing up here Mondays through Fridays. On…