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«To Serve Man» by the Cannamids...

The Sun=Day after Independence day,

i rode my bicycle to cherch. But i got

there too early at first & too late at

last! Never mind~my Pastoress allowed

me to have some cake and coffee for the

cruise back into Town. Somehow, i found

a free newspaper in the trash near a

small groxery schtore! The black cherry

soda i had cost me 35¢. After stowing the

bike in my 'room', i walkt to the ART

MUSEUM. {this^ is also a religious act}

Later, i poppt into a raucous Spanish

service on Tenth Avenue. Big musica...

At six, i fell in with the closest

Presbyterians; we sang and studied one

of the Psalms. At GRESSER PARK [anothre

cathedral] while the brass band played

i bumpt into my exercising sister, Cat.

She is now mostly caught up on my most

recent camping adventures. Mild.

Altho i waited diligently for my regular

bus on Monday at Tenth Avenue, i was

spirited to werk by friend and customer,

BOB. Acause of the current wonderful

weathre, the Yard was mobbed for most of

the day. Nice night to walk as well.

Tuesday--You haven't lived until you've

shaved in the kitchen sink using a steel

pot cover for a mirror! The lunch pantry

was well attended but the salisbury steak

was very tough. Blueberry pie made up for

that. i bussed to the career centre and

tweaked my résumé. {to think of all the

address & fone numbre changes i have yet

to make} On Wednesday, drifer JOHN showed

me how to attach the bicycle to the bus.

He gave me a gold star when i unhitcht it

at my werk stop. MAISY was kind to call

me near the end of Business and update

me on her brother=in=law's progress at

the Houston hospital; his cytoreduction

apparently went quite well. Prayer!

i rode the bike 'home' in 53 minutes.

[it's mostly downhill from the Parish

into Town.] Xilerating and not at all

hazardous. Thursday was anothre gorgeous

day to walk & ride, eat Sloppy Joes, run

a small laundry, attend an ART Reception

AND meet a new upstairs roomy. He is not

much happy to be in transition, but he

is a pleasant Fellow. "Drama, Drama"

Friday, i gathered my rent from the bank

and the credit union, scored the needed

money ordre AND just missed the charity

van at the old Place. Mere moments! It

turns out to be just as well~cause JEFF

has people interested in the remaining

detritus. {i'll miss that dark mirror

and Hane's final chest of drawers...}

That evening i finisht some ancient

chicken soop and chekt out Mike's bingo

on Tenth and the Mall. No Mike. Some

days are just like that. ~slac~

sten

Thursday, June Fourth,°9...Imagine i had done All

these things with my very own American vehicle!

BLADE has come into his learning licence yet again

and All of Us haf regaled him with Driving stories.

Even MONICA and i were discussing the differences

between Schtick & Automatik as she brang me back to

Town last night in the dull mystiness. *gear*

The Invasion of NORMANDY has nothing on me, now.

{i woulda been one of the first Sepulchred} Yet,

as i battle my current strifes...i come to know the

many Walking Warriors. Last month, in cherch, i met

a man who was at Pearl Harbor. [i've stood on the

ARIZONA Memorial; he remembres the actual sinking

and the rumble it made!] Anothre dé, i held the door

of the Convenience schtore for an Elder who wore a

cap of the USS Chickasaw [he informed me that this

Auxiliary TUG vessel was active on the Marshall

Islands AND at the Bikini bomb Test]. i Always thank

these^ and othre Veterans for serving, because they

have vouch=safed the Life i nearly enjoy...

Tuesday, June 9th, '9...the brothers are

togethre yet again, and ruining the Town

both individually and as a pair. It was

rude

of me to surprise him with my ongoing

housing problems on the first day back,

but he has come to 'straighten out' such

horrible calamities...with me and others.

*reset* Saturday, June 13th,°9...and what a week

it was. So much of one i can hardly remembre all of

it. i think i've seen the casino, tho i cain't be

sure Acause of all the othre things which occured.

Food stamps! What an inedible concept. [by sheer

luck i have kept my file open; i never doubted my

ability to do so.] And while we're licking that

food schtamp with relish, let's also APPLY ourselfs

to cement the need of Emploi---while resuming to

résumé

. And pounding the pavement in werk=boots

while making faer use of all remaining conveyances.

{i ramble from the scramble in my brain} TURTLE,

my instructor/counselor, has completed one (1)

novena

with the Town crew and it has filled Him

with so much frustraxn that he bolted for the

beach. On a sunny, rainy, sunny, rainy Day in

schpringtime after dropping me at my first werk

which is leading to my second werk, my Second act.

Willy Shakes opined,"The play's the thing." That

bard

was also probly near starvaxn when he writ it!

It's painstakingly rainy now~and i've already

forgotten if i had a Point to make. It'll come to

me right after i take my sauerkraut to the cherch

Picnic. Seven o'clock sure comes early in the

Walley. ~to be comprised~slac~

torb

Speaking of my youngers--HAPPY

MEMORIAL DAY! More than a

handful of them are schtill serving

in the military. And we've been very

lucky not to lose any=one; which

makes it all the more important to

honour the ones who gave full service.

{i was nearly drummed out of the

boy scouts...i regularly commend the

Veterans i meet & know} It's more

than a schtart to your Vacation--it's

the dear price of Freedom! Salute.

^reposited^

IMPS:

>instant messages>

baloo downloading?

~boo no-just navigating

baloo ok

baloo what's happening?

~boo publishing résumé

baloo sweet

baloo publishing where?

~boo local

baloo ok

baloo all else?

~boo oh, heck--evything is backwise

baloo like I understand that!

~boo [edited profanity]

baloo ahha...nothing new!

~boo yah-i werk HARD to come to less than nothing

baloo ahhhh

~boo it shouldn't happen to a fullsize person

baloo lol

~boo thereyago

baloo oh well time marches on

~boo while money scarcifies

baloo ?

~boo reach into pocket & rub two nickles for luck

baloo and glad to have them!

~boo off i go, to Reconsidre

baloo reconsider?

~boo remap the brain for just an hour...

baloo a nap!

~boo mayhaps, it has been long the Day

baloo did you work today?

~boo at [Place] seminar^

baloo good?

~boo it is also werk

baloo without a paycheck!

~boo what bettre else?

baloo lots

~boo *things are improving werldwise*

baloo if you say so

~boo i'm livin' it^^

~boo lata

baloo bye

^edited for Content^

baloo nice day here!

baloo just came in off the water

baloo two coasties are here with us

baloo and you?

~boo yes--a loverly day

baloo you go to a parade?

~boo just [name] Park...there are memorials there

baloo ahhh

~boo water that fine?

baloo smooth as a millpond

baloo but not warm at all yet

baloo 54 degrees

baloo but Maisy went in yesterday

~boo just toe=dippin'^

baloo full body immersion for Maisy

baloo and the cadets

~boo *baptismal*

baloo yah like that!

~boo it happens

baloo yup

baloo you doin ok?

~boo as good as much

baloo good

~boo gonna read e=mail,

baloo I'm gonna eat lunch

baloo see ya

^imp edited for nomenclature^

TITLE: To Resume the Resuming

MOOD: afflicted, assailed and insulted

But never indicted...

MUSIK: is it queuing up OR cueing up,

'cos i schtill play Vinyl records and

reel=to=reel magnetic Tapes?

WIDEO: there were 'war movies', but

i scarcely watcht any of them

ANAGRAM: farm grain tan moose

THOT: «There are no inappropriate Questions,

Only befuddling answers»

TEXT: Tuèsdé, May 26th,°9...i thoroughy made

up for the unpaid military Holyday by riding

no less than five (5) of the people=movers

Aday. {Places to see and People to be} The

one traverse was so crowded that the Drifer

had to schtand up outta his Chair to clear the

aisle after he crosst the great River! "Two

steps back, evybody! Two steps back." And on a

cool rainy day in May, with all the skoolkids

and the werk=seekers goin' hithre and Yon...

Brave intimacy, i wouldn't gif it up for a

shiny bicycle NOR an offthrown winning lotto

Ticket. {And i will come into both} The

employment centre was Throbbing with the mass

of US as well, newbies & middlers, Regulars &

thoroughly confused Adamants...each & evry One

Reaching for the next best Brass ring of

suretude. By fone, by web, by Mail, by Pouring

out the Spirit of OUR Journey into the vastness

of graced & gracefull possiblities. *mania*

The field report: Saterdé last, i saw a

woodpecker at the Parish & a lone bat on

my walk Home [they fly funny]. There are

plenty of brown bunnies all over & grey

squirls [ground pigeons] as well. Of the

othre berds~i have seen more egret/herons

than hawks, a mockering berd and one kind

of slate finch. Real pigeons currently

outnumbre the gulls. Sparrows, of course,

and Robins both living and desicant [only

two i fetcht outta the 'yard=waste'].

The chipmonks are keeping a low profile,

though i have seen a couple. No deer.

i've had to dispatch a small numbre of

yellow=jackets & maybe two (2) Bumblebees.

{i have an obligation to keep schtinging,

flying Creatures away from the boof and

my Customers; would that it were not so}

All the canines i meet are well=bred, well

cared for AND always Happy to meet me!

Bijon frichés, Beagles & othre small ones

are yappily friendly dogs, for the most

part. Aday~i encountered a Wheaton Terrier

and its owner in GRESSER Park; originally

i believed it to be a miniature sheeping

dog, but the handler assured me that the

blood was refined for schlaying rodents on

Irish farms. So much for the bunnies!

~pup=friendly, non=owning slac~

tove

Tuesday, May 19th, +9...this might could

be the Last primary where i vote of a

certain party afore switching back to

anothre certain party. Yet, acause i haf

been playing in the majors, i can schtill

count my=self as a Super=Voter! [since '88

when i was Young and impressionable...]

I was #39 at my actual polling station, but

i had chances of the day to pass a numbre

of othres. Like the County Centre as i was

downtown & like the Lutheran cherch where

i hold partial membership. *There weren't

no lines at none of them; come on People,

it's not evyday we get to re=elect OR

un=elect a sitting MAYOR.* And on such a

bright dé chust after the mid=May frost?!

BLANCA at the Welfare Department was kind

to help me drop off my papre=werk toward

my case initiator; NOEMI was nice to sell

me some 2¢ schtamps at the post office.

{Would that i had anything good to mail to

anyone} Some=one on the soopline askt one

of the funtionaries about the Menu and he

replied,"Whatever it is, it'll be Warm and

Mushy...just watch out for the Piranhas!"

He was referring to the good people who

Come early to sort thru the offerings of

manna

on the Xian Bread table. {YESHUA is

gratefull that the lambs still come for

the Multiplication of Loaves!} Bless the

bright dé. The library was Closed for the

elexion, and it might could be a Polling

station it=self...so i Meditated briefly

in the Park where IGNATZ GRESSER schtands

his watch. There were children evywhere i

went, learning Life & Liberty & the Pursuit

of Happyness--for such as these^ i Vote in

this participatory Xperiment during the

receding epochal Depression. Future!

~notable~votable~slac~

alaj

TITLE: «Fruits of the Spirit»

WEATHRE: sun comes out, 80°

MOOD: Brightly poor & Poorly bright
MUSIK: country on a portable radio

owned by a soop kitchen Visitor...

NOISE: the conversations of connected

Life, in every place i visited

SOOP: boiling new chicken bones

THOT: «The only thing werse than kiting

a cheque is not having enuf to do it.»

TEXT: What?! it's May (5) already, with all

the concommitant flowry Necessitudes? i

barely & rarely got out of April alive...

HAPPY Cinco de Mayo--i myself was doing

the employment seminar at the Central

Career Centre in the drixxly afternoon.

Thursday, May 7th,+9...a National Day of

Prayer & Maisy's natural berfdé, Youngly.

Amorning, i droppt into the BUSINESS skool

and met MIKE. [he invited me to Admit, but

i was Xploratory] Accidently, around NOON,

i witnesst the beginnings of the Prayer

Service on 7th Avenue...a member of the

CLEAN TEAM gave me a brown bag filled with

Two apples and two oranges. {i have a look}

Lunch at the kitchen consisted of TUNA

sandwiches, green salad, slaw & dessert

with beverages. [the Angels always serve

milk, cold tea & coffee; i take one tea.]

As i finisht my cafeterium, i gave away

one each of my Fruit to a Companion, while

packing a banana and a browny in my bindle.

{There is grand Fellowship in these places,

and shared Mercies all=to; it hurts my

Heart that some children have to receive

their nourishment at these tables} The

sun of G & J continued to peek out as i

made my way to the Liberry. There, i checkt
my 'Growing' resources on the high=schpeed.
[the Page of the career centre And the two
Temp agencies i recently joined...] Then,
i multi=bussed Northwesterly with twists
toward the Corporate centre which hauses
anothre set of Temp agencies. {i tend to do
the FTFs acause i enjoy meeting people and
getting the Lay=of=the=Land} One primary
woman was more than kind to tell me,"WE

have more Clients than Assignments; call

back and keep trying." G Bless her!
It is also a fine thing that i am werking
from Having a situation as i try to acquire
additional Purposes, while so many
Persons are beginning Afresh!
~undiscouragable~slac~

hosk

What a small werld filled with schtrange

wonders! The Somalian pirates did not at

all come to a good end, this time round.

«Crime doesn't pay.» The man who was the

voice of the Phillies collapsed in a boof

in the Columbian District and later went

to that dream=field in the sky; he is, in

his own werds,"outtaHere!" The OBAMA girls

have got their puppy and have named it Bo.

[one more lettre & it woulda had one of my

Names which i share with a departed bassett

hound.] What is a Portugese water dog anyhow?

Does it fetch water OR does it schwim in it?

These^ are awesome and befuddling things.

Tuesdé, Avril 14th, °9...Amorning, i took

a showre to walk in a drixxle. That is, it

is schtill hat and hoody weathre hereabouts.

Thursdé, Avril 16th, °9...i did Not enjoin

the tea party protests for multiple reasons.

(1) my TAXES are already come and gone.

(2) i had to werk--it's a thing with me.

(3) i'm a habitual UnJoiner of fanciful fads

and flavourful redounding Politicle exploits.

It's perfectly fine for othre Citizens to

paricipate in these wondrements & more Power

to them; i prefer to labour quietly in the

groundback

, making small bright Changes.

(4) tea is not a Symbolic beverage for me.

It's like 6th on my list for EITHER drinking

OR tossing into the nearest way=water...

Saturday, April 18th, +9...i got up to much

mischief

yesterdé, most if All of it toward

propre results. It was a lovely day to move

with my Compatriots on the Walley buses.

Aday~it was the most beautifull breexy Yet

shiny=sun Occurence of workingness; that is,

i got schlammed from morning to evening with

ALL the yardwaste that my clients in the

Parish could bring along. Five (5) roll=offs

uberfilled

in the brightness of a Spring dé.

MONICA [my good schweeping partner of auld]

Visited at noon while i 'directed Traffic'

and friend GARY brot me a chocolate shake

with two (2) double cheeburgers at 2:30.

Needles=to=say, i didn't really tune in my

Radidio until the Sun had nearly settled.

Amorro, i'll cherch up somewhere and compose

the week to come...Upward & Onwise. ~slac~

bask

As chilly as it is here and elsewhere,

i take heart of the Redemptif days.

^reposited from two (2) years Agone^

Tuesday, Avril 7th, and9...Aday, i took

my Lunch at the soop kitchen, acause

that^ was where i found my=self. And it

was an enriching experience. Here comes

the prologue: last Fridé, i cleaned up

and walkt in the rain to get a haer=cut.

The barber also schpritzt my wings afore

cutting them, making my sartorial trip

a sort of Baptism. After the grox run,

and later that evening, my outgoing

fone=service was suspended. The 'pooter

makes funny noises when it can't connect.

Saterdé, i rode the J to the Cedar-mall

with my friend who werx at the boxstore.

i chekt my Pressure [114/75p72] at the

grocery

and submitted an Application for

werk to NATHAN. The Yard was both busy

and brutally windy. {sow on the breeze,

reap the whirl=wind} Kay and Harry pickt

me up at closing and toted me to the

Steakhaus for dinner with Maisy and her

man [BabaLoo]. This^ was a grand weekend

for my Sisters to visit, coming as they

did for a form of emotional rescue...

SUN=DAY was the more Perfect time of all

to breakfast at Our favourite greek diner,

to confabulate over my Troubles, to walk

around Turtle's lake and through the Rose

Garten & to dine yet again at anothre of

Our town steakhauses! {comes the Day when

i shall Schpring for meals & BabaLoo won't

grumble of Us being 'in a rut'} Sunshine.

There were also some ballbasket games

going on during the Visitaxn and i am

apologetic

that my nearest Sister misst

some of the Action. «Is it schtill march

madness if it laps over into April?»

Mondé, it flurried fiercely over the

girls' departure and my commute; i tried

Valiantly from the boof to restore my

home=fone. Oddly~it takes a fone to fix

a fone, kinda like it takes a job to get

a job. Life! Profundity! Small miracles!

*pause*