Tag: Chicago

  • The Prince of Dubai (Part II)

    In August he texted me and said he was coming to Chicago for a few days prior to his flight to Europe and suggested we meet up, but my work schedule overlapped with his few days.  Neither of us wanted to miss the opportunity to spend time together, so after some back and forth we…

  • The Prince of Dubai – (Part I )

    It is a walk that is only ten paces.  From one side of the gym to the other through spine that is a central passage.  A frenzied passage of people coming and going, horizontally and vertically, as the spine also connects to the lobby to the stairs down to the locker room.   It was…

  • Post Script – Ch13

    For 37 years I’d altered my actions so as to keep myself healthy and I was okay with that.  It wasn’t necessarily the altered behavior that was a challenge – it was the emotional toll having to explain it to others, along with the back story, that led to the fatigue.  It was my 37th…

  • Let’s call him ‘Sal’

    Two years ago a neighbor asked me out for a drink.  Let’s call him Sal.  Sal and I had a fun evening sharing stories and getting to know one another.  Having had family members in the same industry, we found plenty of great missives worth sharing.   It was obvious at the time that he…

  • 19

    It was the first time I noticed him being agitated.  His routine is so subtle, his motions so planned that this sudden departure from the norm was noticeable and I stopped to watch more closely.  Because I notice him daily.   In the mornings when I walk to the kitchen to make coffee I glance…

  • Nikki

    I’d sent him a email from the Alderman’s web site saying that I was a friend of Officer Augustine and he suggested that we meet.  The next day I received a reply asking how he could be of service.  There wasn’t really anything I needed specifically, I wrote, just that Gus said he and I…

  • Officer Augustine

    The Alderman was at the L stop this morning greeting people as they entered the station.  He does this even though he’s running uncontested.  He’s just that kind of guy.   When there is road work being done in his ward, he walks by to check on the progress.  When there is a new business…

  • Inversion – Ch3

    It wasn’t until February when the sky cleared out that I realized that I was walled in by mountains.   I’d moved to Salt Lake City in December of 1985 when the valley was capped by a cloud mass known as an inversion.  An inversion is when warm air at higher altitudes traps cold air…