Dealers and Dealing

#40: I Miss Melvin.

Life was so much simpler back then. I have a habit of getting in over my head. I don’t trip, stumble, or dive in—it’s more I just kind of wander into…

Jul 10, 2024

#36a: “Where are you from?" "Wherever I am.” Part 1.

A weekend "Street Cred" story for a change, in which two road warriors appear magically in town.

May 4, 2024

#13: The (Street) Gospel According to Kenneth #1.

I always thought getting off drugs was a binary situation...you were doing heroin/fentanyl or you were doing Suboxone (or methadone). It's not that…

Oct 18, 2023

#3: “Couldn't you act black for just one second?”

I’d already had a weird morning. Driving half an hour to get to a store which turned out not to have what I was looking for…only to find a different…

Aug 10, 2023

#1: Ain't No Then No More.

My inscrutably shape-shifting relationship with Melvin.

Jul 26, 2023

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