"Cross"

An original IBL photograph taken October 27th, 2013, Little Red Hen, Green Lake, Seattle.

"Cross"

An original IBL photograph taken October 27th, 2013, Little Red Hen, Green Lake, Seattle.

"Light"

An original IBL photograph taken October 2nd, 2013, Connor Byrne Pub, Ballard, Seattle.

"Cross"

An original IBL photograph taken October 19th, 2013, Little Red Hen, Green Lake, Seattle.

Let Slip the Dogs of Christ!

A Photo By Karen Sullivan

I worked with Karen at the Loan Fund in San Francisco for several years, and we have remained friends since I moved away.  A few weeks ago she came upon this baby photo that I left behind, and combined it with my shiny name tag (I think I wore it once) to create this shrine of sorts, for which I thank her immensely...


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A Conversation With My Mother

This is an accurate rendering of a portion of a brief conversation I had with my mother yesterday.  To be fair, she was on her way out the door to church, but I did offer to call back another time.  No, she said, she wanted to hear what was up.  So I told her -

• The job that I wanted I didn't get.
• My brother PJ (different mothers) is in the intensive care unit of a Central Valley, CA hospital with sepsis, pneumonia, water in his lungs, etc.
• Another person close to me was recently diagnosed with a far less serious but still not inconsequential medical condition.

To which my mother responded, "Well, I'm glad to hear everything's going okay up there."

Seriously.

I have long contended to Danielle that my mother does not listen to a word I say during our phone calls.  This seems to be the clearest evidence of that to date.


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