Can Guy

There is another re-occuring character from the streets of Greenwood. We call him Can Guy and here’s why. Nearly everyday a tall, slender man with a sharp nose and shaved head walks up and down the curbs along 85th and Greenwood. He generally wears short grey slacks, red converse, a beige trenchcoat and a grey […]

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Poetry Box

Today is my wedding anniversary and I’ve decided to make it (like my birthday) a license to do (just about) anything I want. So in celebration of that idea, I’m postponing running reports at work and instead I’m using my work computer to blog about whatever I feel like blogging about. And I’ve decided that […]

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Where’s the bum?

So I haven’t seen Homeless Guy for a couple days now. I suppose he’s moved on. Maybe he’s a seasonal character. Like Tom Selleck on Friends. Perhaps I’ll run into him again next summer. In the meantime, new comedy relief has entered into my morning walk routine. Peacoat Guy. Peacoat Guy has twice called me […]

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On the way to work

Everyday on my way to work I pass a grubby-looking man unsteadily heading towards (I assume) Ken’s Market. He looks homeless and sometimes stumbles like a drunk. Part of me wonders if he isn’t just acting homeless so people won’t bother him. We once made eye contact and I said good morning. He just stared back […]

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