Nathan Converses With His Colleagues: VII
We were in that special place following the conclusion of a night shift--and by place I mean both physical and psychological. Physical, because walking...
How to Drive the 7, Pt IV of IV: Route 49 Southbound
We went to the Valley. We went back through town. We came up here. How hard can this last leg be? Well, as it...
How to Drive the 7, Pt III of IV: Route 49 Northbound
Where were we. That’s right. We’d just come all the way up from Rainier, and are now in the middle of the right turn...
How to Drive the 7, Pt II of IV: 7N, Henderson to Pike
Okay, let’s get out of here. You got down here okay. Now let’s go back up. (this is the second in a series of...
How to Drive the 7, Pt I of IV: 7S, Jackson to Henderson
This one's about the physical act of driving the thing. It's time for tech talk!Two recent posts dealt with psychological and existential problems of doing this route.Another post...
Go Forth
He was smiling so hard I had to laugh.
It was infectious. I’m guessing he was older than he looked; the sort who says it's...
In the Before
My favorite part of the 5 is the slight right onto northbound Fremont Avenue. You’ve just come all the way from West Seattle, through...
Nathan’s Bus: Freedom From
“Here is really shitty,” she said.
It was an appraisal of frankness I wouldn’t have expected given her appearance—older than my parents’ generation, possibly much...