Category Archives: Neighborhood

Good Chance Encounter

Posted on April 2, 2025 by sputterpub

I used a bus I rarely ride to getsome miles south and west. The trip was lessthan lovely – crowded, noisy – but it letme off with extra time at the address.Exploring then, I saw a route and setmy exit … Continue reading →

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A Little Breakage

Posted on March 5, 2025 by sputterpub

I passed the damage yesterday, and thoughtit might serve as a prompt for micro verse.A stanza on the little chaos broughtgratuitously now. An urban curse,a tantrum, small destruction no one soughtand, to be sure, a crime that might be worse.I … Continue reading →

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For Now

Posted on March 4, 2025 by sputterpub

I had occasion, several days ago,to walk four thousand steps to meet a friend,enjoy a tasty lunch before the show,and talk about some travel we intendto make in seven months, although dependon it – experience may intervene.Bad health or politics … Continue reading →

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These Kids Today…

Posted on March 2, 2025 by sputterpub

If I were feeling critical, I mightcondemn the way they misprioritizedtheir yesterday, when what would have been rightwas more and early visit (I advisedconsideration, never heard). Last nightsome neighbors, even younger yet, surprisedme with their texted inabilityto think. (But neither … Continue reading →

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Mailbox Security

Posted on January 24, 2025 by sputterpub

The mail collection box was modified.What’s been a pull-down door is now a slotthat won’t accept a package or a widetransmittal of much paper. I did notattend to changes recently applied,but terrorists and vandals lost their shotto push a bomb … Continue reading →

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Left Shoes

Posted on January 1, 2025 by sputterpub

I’ve noticed shoes on sidewalks near the street –a pair or more for passersby to take –admired pairs on wires flung in neatarray that maybe advertisements make(for parties? drugs? a way to night-compete?).But last week on a stroll, the sight … Continue reading →

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Windfall

Posted on December 20, 2024 by sputterpub

One night last week I thought the wind was rain.The thrum on skylights woke me up at 2.Four hours later, through my window pane,I marveled at the scatter, clutter, strewupon my deck, amid my yard: a slewof naked twigs that … Continue reading →

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Alt Route

Posted on December 12, 2024 by sputterpub

I walked to BART the long way yesterday.I thought I’d stop and purchase something good.The market had low stock, but anywayI sampled senses in the neighborhood.The turning leaves against blue sky held sway;I photographed that color where I stood.Far tastier … Continue reading →

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Around About

Posted on November 26, 2024 by sputterpub

I used to watch the news and sometimes lookaround me on the bus, the train, the street,and wonder who was packing what it tookto harm. Who had a knife in a discreetlocation? Were there hidden guns aboard?The folks around were … Continue reading →

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Missing Students

Posted on November 21, 2024 by sputterpub

A drizzle seemed to chase the kids away.Traversing campus, there were none about.I snapped the shot proceeding on my wayto Downtown Berkeley, and I found them, shout-ing, socializing where the train tracks lay.But not, it seemed, to travel. They were … Continue reading →

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