Troubled Times

February 3rd, 2009

I write with a heavy heart after being out and about today. It seems no place is immune to the downturn of the economy, including the Seattle waterfront. I wish somehow, those who have everything could walk next to someone who has nothing, and then listen to the justification of $13billion in taxpayed bonuses. Even as Seattle's homeless rate rises, the call for help to puppy mills is so loud. However, I posed this question to my girlfriend the other day, In times so hard, when does an animal life become worth more then a human life? As people are volunteering by the hundreds to adopt abused puppies, who takes in people?.... people like this gentleman who had nothing but the clothes on his back and a torn and crusted novel to keep him company.

Great Day for a Read

January 13th, 2009

In the grayness which defines a true Northwest Winter, it's a great time to start a new book. I was wondering the stacks at a local Barnes and Noble on my lunch break and caught this gentleman immersed in the happenings of his newest novel.