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The Rock Legend of Don Harrison
Readers: I thought I would lighten things up a bit after the long emotional series about Mark and post a short essay I wrote a while back that has…
Mar 27
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Once More into the Breach with Mark (Coda)
A week or so later, I caught up with Mark at the grocery store. I bought a copy of the newspaper and opened it up to see a feature story about Mark as a…
Mar 25
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Once More into the Breach with Mark (Part 6)
Two days later I saw Mark walking toward the grocery store carrying his possessions. It was one in the afternoon, cold and raining. He saw me and waved…
Mar 22
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Once More into the Breach with Mark (Part 5)
I found Mark at noon sitting in front of the grocery store reading a book, selling newspapers, his one bag possessions resting neatly next to him Jacob…
Mar 20
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Once More into the Breach with Mark (Part 4)
Almost a week passed. One of the residents of the neighborhood who had advocated relentlessly on behalf of Mark emailed me and asked for the phone…
Mar 18
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Once More into the Breach with Mark (Part 3)
Rain was falling the next day at noon. I drove to the store. No Mark. I returned an hour later. No Mark. I drove to the store the next day at noon. No…
Mar 15
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Once More into the Breach with Mark (Part 2)
Naturally the new program involved a website and filling out a form online and then waiting for something to happen. For those interested in what the…
Mar 13
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Once More into the Breach with Mark (Part 1)
(Readers: I have the greatest news to report: Mark from the Old Crow Book Club found housing in a tiny home Safe Rest Village in Southeast Portland…
Mar 11
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Full Moon Homeless Rider
It's a full moon, five in the morning. Elmer and I walk down a path of bark chips. We spooked the old beaver in the creek. The heron posed where he…
Mar 6
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Rainy Morning Homeless Meditations
Scene 1 It's 5:12 in the morning. Rain falls. Elmer and I walk through the neighborhood. It's Tuesday—garbage pickup day. All the refuse/recycling bins…
Mar 4
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February 2024
Piano Man
A young bearded man sat at a piano in a coffee shop and played it softly and with considerable skill. Two backpacks rested on the floor near him. He…
Feb 28
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Jacob on the Rise
Elmer the maniacal husky snoozed out on the couch next to me. It was four in the afternoon on a weekday and raining outside. I was reading a history of…
Feb 26
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