One can want the best for another person, but
only that person can define what “the best” means.
Thursday 2017-04-20
On the walk from the shelter to church Wednesday morning, I was in great turmoil. 1,054 more words
Tags » Upward Mobility
Resolution
The half-arrival trap: inter-generational impacts government policies have on immigrant integration and assimilation
The opportunities and challenges of integration and assimilation look very different for children of immigrants as it does for their immigrant families. The contemporary experiences of migrants in the process of integration and assimilation are redolent to those of migrants in the past; immigrants today face opportunities and challenges like those that were faced by migrants in the 20th century. 1,260 more words
Why I Have Artichokes as Decor
You’re not supposed to be able to really appreciate love songs until you have actually been in love. The same is supposedly true for songs about heartache. 2,400 more words
Accepting revulsion 2: Life in the looney bin
Miscellaneous notes about accepting bad feelings.
One afternoon some years back, I hooked up with my bud Brian Williard at the Light Street McDonald’s. We were there for maybe half an hour, and then set out eastbound on Baltimore Street towards the shelters where we stayed. 777 more words
Rough day at BK
Transcribed from my diary for Sunday 2017-03-12, for now I am intentionally leaving this unfinished.
Rough day at BK. I may not have the guts to recall and tell it all. 416 more words
Awkward encounters with celebrities
In which I make a fool of myself with some famous people, discover Laurel and Hardy in the UK’s Lake District, berate touchy creatives who complain about fame, and match UK TV characters Beverly from Abigail’s Party and Alan Partridge. 1,672 more words
Utah
I spent a week in Utah when I was 15. I thought it was one of the most beautiful places I’d ever been, and it is certainly the loveliest of the Western States (though I’ve ever been to Idaho). 771 more words
