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Homer Saves Springfield

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

The man had trouble keeping up with his wife, grimacing as he hobbled behind her. The two boys ran far ahead of the both of them like unleashed puppies. The river flowed dark and cold to their right. It would be frozen soon and this realization made him as bleak in his thoughts as the … Continue reading Homer Saves Springfield

Strange Days

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 / crowcityblog / 1 Comment

As a bored, pimple-faced high schooler, I read a science-fiction story about a character who gets trapped on the wrong side of the mirror. Duped by his reflection, he lives in a world not quite normal—a dimmer alternate universe populated by imposters he does not love. I could not tell you the name of the … Continue reading Strange Days

Graffiti Bridge

August 6, 2020 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

I decided to put the words and the worries aside and just take some pictures. The suburbanites hurtling over us in their cars had no idea about the art and the wonder below. I could leave the city, put myself deeper in debt and find a nice spot by some lake. I might catch bigger … Continue reading Graffiti Bridge

Sign of the Times

July 5, 2020October 13, 2020 / crowcityblog / Leave a comment

  Some genius has scrawled “FUCK THIS MAILBOX” real big in marker on a blue box in front of the Northrop Auditorium. Now I guess this is supposed to be funny, but I will admit it angers me.  They’ve got electronic eyes all over the place like a science fiction movie, but I can’t imagine … Continue reading Sign of the Times

Hello, Mailbox

February 15, 2018June 13, 2020 / crowcityblog / 1 Comment

Early on in my postal career I had this little apartment building on my route with mostly Somalis living in it.  A little boy with a round mischievous face began coming out to watch me put the letters in the boxes. "Hello, mailbox!" he would say to me. This got to be his little joke.  … Continue reading Hello, Mailbox

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