In the summer of 1979, I was finishing up what would turn out to be the best year of my K-12 education.  I was in 9th grade at a high school in Honolulu where everybody was smart, the classes were interesting, and the boys spoke to the girls as if we were the thinking people we are.  Kay’s best friend had told her “Come on down. It’s the New South!” She decided to move and take me with her.  She informed mom, who basically said okay. I was shocked and disappointed, to say the

I am reading an essay about death and dying in a crosswalk while my mother lays dying in the hospital bed across from me the day after...

They found him near a homeless encampment in the city. He died the day after Christmas. We didn't find out until February 10th. Daughter...

When I discovered that the custody termination papers had come directly to the residence hotel I was staying at in 1992. Wow, that's...

CW: Disgusting descriptions of infection; pus is involved Back in 1991, MSRA hadn’t yet hit the San Francisco IV drug-using population,...

I spent eight arrests down at 850 on the 6th floor, one in San Mateo county, and three out at San Bruno. The 6th floor looks like...

TW: explicit mentions of sex in exchange for drugs--and no, not the fun kind. One day, crack entered the picture. I'd enjoyed indoor...

Deep addiction, like jail, distorts time. Ecstatic states, like a hook pull, also distort time. On one hand, I was acutely aware of every...

With that said, this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend is different for me. For the better part of 20 or so years, I put on the...

I hardly ever go to protests and this is why.

I haven't read any articles. I haven't seen any footage. But I've heard that Dumb Dumb, Jr. was advocating for people to either inject...

Bob and Carol and Mary and Susan

I too am on lockdown during COVID-19. But am I really?

The pain started long before I ever stuck a needle in my arm.

In and out of homeless drug addiction, plus cigarettes.