by Drum Word Spoken Beat | Mar 20, 2020 | aftermath
drumwordspokenbeat NIRVANA My neighbor May Bell and I made the plan months ago. We waited for a day when the kids were in school and we were free from work (a short eternity passed by) and then on Friday, February 7 the plan went into action – but where to go? A...
by Drum Word Spoken Beat | Mar 19, 2020 | aftermath
drumwordspokenbeat West Kingston Road Today I received a visit from the Messenger. It all began with an ad on Craigslist about a stroller for sale. The post had been up for some time* when I received the email: I WANT TO BUY YOUR STROLLER CAN I PICK IT UP TOMORROW?...
by Drum Word Spoken Beat | Mar 18, 2020 | aftermath
drumwordspokenbeat BRAZIL It was on my to-do list forever: GO TO SMOKESHOP Right in between feeding my children, meditating for world peace, washing loads of laundry and working as an unpaid taxi driver. A trip to the smokeshop is not the kind of errand you...
by Drum Word Spoken Beat | Dec 23, 2019 | other
drumwordspokenbeat Chinatown I dialed the second to last digit of the phone number and paused – before I pressedONE — the phone rang several times over static interference from a Spanish-languageevangelical radio station broadcasting on the same frequency. I...
by Drum Word Spoken Beat | Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
drumwordspokenbeat Northern California We had been sitting on the side of the road for more than an hour — every time a car passed by we stood up and held out our thumbs but no one stopped to pick us up. “Isn’t the hitchhiking supposed to be easy around here?”...
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