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The Bicycle Thief

June 13, 2022June 18, 2022 / crowcityblog / 1 Comment

Minneapolis, MN I’m delivering mail when a raven-haired woman on a bicycle emerges from behind an apartment building. She takes a quick glance behind, almost as if she is being pursued, and starts down the stairs. These are low, gradual stairs that I could go down easily with the wide tires of my mountain bike, … Continue reading The Bicycle Thief

Don’t Squeeze the Charmin

January 25, 2022November 25, 2022 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

A squad car pulls up next to the apartment building I’m approaching. I nod to the two officers and they smile back. One of them seems familiar. It’s below zero out. “Well, I suppose you don’t mind letting us in.” It is the same cop.  He’s a white guy with salt and pepper hair.  There … Continue reading Don’t Squeeze the Charmin

Mercy

April 30, 2021May 1, 2021 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

Like most people, I tend to be parsimonious with my mercy.  Mostly because time is like blood to me.  I only have so much.  When you are a letter carrier, people try to befriend you.  Often they have nowhere to go.  They are prisoners of their maladies and handicaps.  They pester you as if you … Continue reading Mercy

Macabre Mailboxes and a Minneapolis Murder Mystery

December 7, 2019July 8, 2020 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

As a letter carrier, I get paid to walk in circles.  It is not such a horrible thing to stroll through the same neighborhood every day, although the job does get dull and the weather is sometimes horrible.  Like any walker, I note the banal passage of the seasons.  I had forgotten this collection of … Continue reading Macabre Mailboxes and a Minneapolis Murder Mystery

Dollar Bill

May 6, 2017November 2, 2019 / crowcityblog / 2 Comments

For many years, I befriended alcoholic coworkers far older than me.  It was only after becoming a father that I realized that I was attempting to patch a hole in my life caused by my estrangement with my own.  There was Frankie who drove to work in a Mustang convertible and sang Bob Dylan tunes … Continue reading Dollar Bill

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