Revolve Around the Water
Boise, ID – Boise came next and I realized again that life in the desert revolves around water. The river runs through downtown and everyone who is anyone floats it. Little […]
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What’s One Hour?
Lewiston to Boise, ID – After restful sleep, we take off to see Lewiston from the hill. The old highway still has watertanks along the hairpin turns for where the […]
Sucker for Shortcuts
Seattle, WA to Lewiston, ID – It turns out that I’m a sucker for shortcuts suggested by people at gas stations. On my way through Othello, WA to Lewiston, ID, […]
The Durazno (Peach) Tree
Here’s what I will miss about South 6th Street. My neighbor, Benito, comes over to bring me cilantro seed. He sees me in the dirt with my barn boots on, […]
Craigslist Advertising Experiment
Objective: to write an ad creative enough to sell a 1999 Toyota PreRunner 2WD within 24-hours of posting — posted 26 April 2012 — The rational part of my brain […]
Chapulines
This afternoon, I visit the neighbor kids’ house. Vale, the sixth grader, comes out of the kitchen with a bowl. “You want some? Try these.” In the bowl are about […]
Fishing in the City
The last of the pink salmon were running like mad in Puget Sound and I was hoping to catch my dinner in the city. A friend was meeting up with me, one […]
Some Things Aren’t Broken: Miss Prissy 2
Miss Prissy, remember, is the cat that belongs to the homeless man. In fact, she is the cat who rides on his back while he rides his blue BMX bike […]
Miss Prissy
Tonight in the Red Apple grocery store, I stood behind the homeless man who carries his cat on his back. “What’s your cat’s name?” I ask. “Miss Prissy,” he says. […]
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