Part 1: Finding My Bearings

Arrivals and departures.

Arrivals and departures.

Where I Grew UpThe town, the grid of streets.
The Early Morning MovieWatching T.V. to learn about my grandfather.
Some Dogs I Have Known, and How They DiedIt's hard on dogs when the people around them don't have their acts together. Back when things were confused and I was always broke, I knew a lot of dogs that died. These were the three that I remember the best.
A Monadic SorenessI sat at the Science and Technology Library, typing on a borrowed laptop, the desire for a cigarette pervading all my humors.
Scott Rahin's LamentA field of barley, my ass.
Heloise in HellThe Emergency Wardrobe Alert, and how to cope. Good advice for fuck-ups like me, freely given. Learned from repeated and painful experiences. Including a recipe for fried socks.
The GripsWhy I'm here, why I'm.
PennsylvaniaLife in a small house in a small town, with posters of heavy metal rock stars thumbtacked to the beams in my room.
ChurchWhy I went, and when.