Kind of Wonderful
"Don't get on!" says the other driver to the passengers. She's brought me her bus at the end of her shift, for me to...
So Many Lives
The faces you see, glancingly, across the years, are living full and storied lives of their own. Nearly three years ago I wrote: A...
Not an Impulse
Triangle Park, across from the Frye--the very same "it's-not-the-Frye-unless-there's-an-ambulance-out-front"--right in the heart of upper Pioneer Square, is not known for harboring commuters with an...
Dirt on Blue Sleeves
They get on at inbound Campus Parkway, having just passed up a 71. "So I'm just goin' to Capitol Hill, not Downtown," I explain....
“Black Don’t Crack, But Asian Ain’t Playin’,” And Other Thoughts
"Hey, wha's happening." That's me, greeting the OG's stepping on at Othello. The Valero gas station there is a 24-hour institution, a cultural fixture...
Everywhere
As we pull up to Third and James, southbound, a couple of folks get on whom I recognize. "Heeyy," I say to them, beaming....
Oh, But She’s Got the Answers to Everyone’s Problems…
"Birthday on the 25th," Isaac is saying, referring to himself. Isaac is in a work-release program at Burger King, and sometimes he pays me...
Temporal
A collection of interesting moments I've had recently, which all strike me with the unexpected nature of how events sequence themselves....
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