42 Dreams of Arizona Bay

Searching for the question to the answer of 42.

Update

Shopping cart guy’s cart is moved to the side of the building, in front of his apartment, on the grass, where it can apparently leak without staining the concrete.

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Rainy day

It’s a rainy day, but it hasn’t rained so much in a while, so I’m happy.
The trickle outside reminds me of home. It is gray today, but there’s much to be grateful for.
There are already blossoms on some trees, and buds on others. It’s looking like spring, but it’s only February.

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Cart convocation

I intend to write vignettes on carts I see, free in Fresno, but for right now, I’ll share this.
On the lookout for somewhere that recycles newspapers. Knew that carts congregate around recycling centers. Went to a big, industrial recycling center where we saw at least a dozen just abandoned to a gritty, weedy area. Will [...]

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Downsizing

Perhaps somebody has said something to shopping cart guy. I noticed after the pink crap debacle that the shopping cart seemed to disappear from permanent residency, at least.
It has been replaced, at times with a trash can with wheels, with a makeshift handle. It has a few boxes inside. I think there’s another can of [...]

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As I started becoming acclimated to my new environment, I noticed something a little odd.
Shopping carts everywhere. Not at the store where you’d expect them to be, but everywhere.
Bus stops. Abandoned on the side of the road, far from their homes.
The guy who lives next door carts around a cart, dumping things discarded by other [...]

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Ani DiFranco Knuckledown

Ani’s newest album, Knuckledown, feels like a long-lost friend. Someone you haven’t seen in a long time, but you soon recall mannerisms, jokes, memories.

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Time off and nothing to do

Well, I have plenty to do. But it’s mostly being ignored in favor of reading blog entries (and insane blog comments) and other web stuff.
It’s as good a time as any to share some random places I’ve been today. Either as offshoots from things I read every day or occasionally to one little sick gem [...]

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