Epilogue Written 12/1    -or- The Finalé. I am sitting at my little makeshift desk at home in Missouri.  The Rams are trailing the Niners at halftime, 13-3. I have gotten a number of things done today.  These include: running an extension cord out of an attic peek-a-boo window and adding a few nail hooks … Continue reading Seattle: The Day After

Friday, November 29 [8:37]I'm sluggish.  I'm not sure what I want to make of this last day here.  We walked down to a shoreline access point on Lake Washington, very near where we're staying.  But it was an access point in name only—a crusty, old, stubby pier, pinched in on both sides by the longer, … Continue reading Seattle 2013: Day Five

Thursday, November the 28th       -or- Thanksgiving. B is fighting through her cold.  I had at least two quick, deep thrusting, strange dreams last night.  For the first time in a long time I called something out in my sleep—three words I think, but I don't remember which—something like, "Oh, come on!"  B heard me, it … Continue reading Seattle 2013: Day Four

Wednesday, November the 27th. Room tip $5.  B just left.  And I leave that room tip despite our Kleenex tin not getting refilled.  That's what I meant when I referenced the "indicator tissue."  Those Kimberly Clark (aka Kleenex) "professional" little boxes of tissue go orange for the last five or so tissues, letting you know … Continue reading Seattle 2013: Day Three