“Most were homeless but some lived alone. Some died of violence, others by accident or disease or overdose. Some left family, for others no relatives could be found. A few left strong memories. What they had in common was that no one claimed their bodies after they died. On Wednesday, a few dozen people gathered [...]
Archive for March, 2009
25 Mar
crazy -> story of a would-be man
You never would have thought anything of him as he walked down the street next to you. He was average in height and his dress was typical of a mid-30 something blue collar workers in Seattle; a little grungy but still somewhat put together. He lived together in a 2 bedroom apartment in Seattle up [...]
23 Mar
time keeps on slipping
walking down a seattle street i saw this painted on a wall. it’s representative of a feeling i’ve been trying to cope with recently. time slipping away. my grandma once wrote in an email to me when she was first learning how to use the internet and email and things like that, that she didn’t [...]
20 Mar
goodbye dear friends… *single tear falls down cheek*
have you ever had an item that you became incredibly attached to? i mean, attached past the point of understanding of most people? one of my loves are these lovely shoes of mine. i love them. they aren’t the same color as each other anymore, they offer pretty much no arch support, the stitching around [...]
17 Mar
traffic jams
have you ever been in traffic and found yourself right behind a bus or a big truck and when you come up to an intersection and you can’t see if the light is red or green? or been behind them but can’t see around them to see if it’s just them going slow or if [...]
3 Mar
for want of a cookie
progress report on lent:
so far so good. no major meltdowns or mood changes due to no sugar. which is good! it means i’ve sufficiently cut sugar out of my diet enough over the last year to where not having it doesn’t seem to whack my system out. the bad part is… i’m hard core craving sour apple [...]
