Monday, July 05, 2010

Can Collecting Not Just for the Homeless Anymore

This morning while walking Rasputin, I came across a friendly, young, black couple who were going through the trash, looking for cans. They were definitely not homeless, as their bodies and their clothes were clean. Perhaps they are chronically unemployed or under-employed or working full-time but at low wages. This is a population we're going to see more of in this country, as the number of people who have exhausted their state and federal unemployment benefits is now at 2.5 million. That's a lot of people.

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Perhaps my friend Mark summed me up best when he called me "a mystical grammarian." I am quite a mix--otherworldly, ethereal and in touch with "the beyond," yet prone to being very precise and logical, when need be. Romantic in the big-canvas meaning of the word, I see the world as an adventure, as a love poem, as a realm of beauty and wonder.

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