What are you doing?! Being a Streetworker at Voyage House included going for long walks with throwaway kids trying to get them to see a future for themselves. Geri was very bright and already living in one of our group … Continue reading
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We want Miss America, not Ms. Flamingo Park In less than 24 hours of hitchhiking, my sister & I wished for and got breakfast, wished for and got some cold beer (wished for and avoided being murdered), and now, a … Continue reading
High Noon in Chattanooga. A really Hot August day. Stomachs filled, but hot and thirsty, we imagined the next car having a beer for us. (We seemed good at calling our rides.) Only minutes later a convertible pulled over. Three … Continue reading
(Or How to Make Others Live-up to Your Better Expectations) We were 22 and 20, a male and a female old enough to know what we were doing. We were idealistic, fully embracing the Counterculture of shared euphoria pushing … Continue reading
Well, one day, a college buddy calls up and says he and his bride are driving East to visit. “Great!” I say, but when they arrive I’m caught in a fix because that night two runaway 17 year-old girls from … Continue reading