I lost my job yesterday. It’s not a huge job, mind you. I’ve been working on and off at our local children’s art studio for five years. Jill and I started working together after she allowed me to host a Kyle Vincent concert at her studio in late 2006. I didn’t know her then; a [...]
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I think my father felt a little guilty about leaving. Which is likely why he’d apparently talked to his partner about helping me find a job. I’d scoured the elementary schools and middle schools on the east side of town looking for a full time position. I wasn’t picky. I’d take anything at all K-8, [...]
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“How’s it looking out there these days?” Mr. H Dennis asked me over a glass of white zinfandel at our favorite meeting place. “No luck, so far,” I said glumly. “It’s so frustrating to invest all of this time and there’s just no way of knowing if I’m missing anything. You really do seem to [...]
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I liked hanging out at Dawn’s house. She liked hanging out at mine. We started spending a lot of time together. Of all of my friends, she was the one who seemed to understand the strange fear I had about my life. My mother was unemployed. Her mother didn’t work at all; she had a [...]
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The year was 1982. The news all around us was bad; there was a recession on, and people were losing their jobs everywhere. On the news we saw auto plants being shut down, steel plants being shut down, the beginnings of the rust belt were starting to form in the Midwest. I knew, theoretically, that [...]
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