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Yesterday was my final day working with Briana at the Logan Heights branch of the San Diego Public Library. There was some sadness, giving her a hug goodbye, wishing her the best, offering to be a reference, encouraging her to take good care of herself and her medical realities. She’s a lovely person, and there’s…

By BuddyCushman 08/01/2024 0

Here’s a Day – Irvine

Repetition breeds familiarity, and familiarity breeds, what? – Comfort? In other words, is there comfort in a butt-and-back-worn seat on a Greyhound Bus? Like the one I’d taken from Boston to San Fran. Just tell the story. Now a month on my friend Bob’s couch, and having struck out in my lofty job search for…

By BuddyCushman 12/04/2018 6

My Taurus

I walked onto the lot of Bonnell Ford in Winchester, Massachusetts one warm afternoon in May of 2003. I was with a woman named Mary, with whom I was living at the time up in Lowell in her house. My 1996 fire-engine-red Ford Taurus was near death. I needed another car, and I was clear…

By BuddyCushman 11/14/2018 4