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Self Portrait Part 3: "There You Go Asking Questions Again..."
Self Portrait is a four-part serial short story based on experiences described in my “Street Cred” series.
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Self Portrait Part 4: Road Trip.
Self Portrait #4. A four-part serial short story based on experiences described in my “Street Cred” series.
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#41: “Communication occurs only between equals." — Hagbard Celine.*
I miss Melvin. Part 2.
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#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…
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#28: How Does It Feel?
I think most people wrestle with their emotions when they walk by someone holding a cardboard sign—even though that sign usually includes the promise of…
#23: New Year's on the Street.
Ain’t this America?
#11: No Expectations. Part 1.
Illustration © my friend Echo Mars whose band Thus Love just finished their second European tour and is on their way to Brazil.
#4: "There you go asking questions again."
My friend Melvin’s business strategy is similar to that of anyone raising money for a struggling non-profit.
#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…
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#1: Ain't No Then No More.
My inscrutably shape-shifting relationship with Melvin.
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