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These Days Will Come

June 19, 2014by champslikeus Leave a comment

It takes nine quarters to do a load of her laundry, the older woman whom I have helped every week for a year-and-a-half.  Today, I’m worried that I might have to […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker, Portfolio

This is Confidence

February 4, 2014by champslikeus 6 Comments

Mount Vernon, WA – When I travel alone, I stay in KOA Campgrounds. With anyone else I camp in the woods. My own degrees of safety hold that alone is […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker, Portfolio

Are you Caucasian?

September 25, 2013by champslikeus 3 Comments

A phone call from Mount Vernon, WA to Denver, CO — “Hey Jill, can I ask you a question?” my neighbor girl asked over the phone.  She was picking the […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker, Portfolio

Conceding the Gold

August 25, 2012by champslikeus Leave a comment

Dunvegan to Englishtown, NS, via the Cabot Trail – Waking up by the ocean where I could’ve stayed forever, I pack my tent and continue north to the beginning of […]

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10,000 Mile Road Trip - 2012, Portfolio

The Durazno (Peach) Tree

June 10, 2012by champslikeus Leave a comment

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, […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker, Portfolio

Craigslist Advertising Experiment

April 26, 2012by champslikeus Leave a comment

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 […]

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Fishing in the City

September 2, 2011by champslikeus Leave a comment

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 […]

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Nature Writing, Portfolio

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