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Occupying My Monkey Mind with Foreclosures and Bankruptcies and Unemployment
Friday, October 28th, 2011
Buddhists call it the monkey mind, that confused, agitated, unsettled state of consciousness that keeps us flitting about from one thought to the next, like a monkey swinging through a forest of banyan trees, grabbing branch after branch after branch. My monkey’s been working overtime lately. A lot of overtime. Filling my head with thoughts of [...]
Tags: bankruptcies, foreclosures, job loss, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, unemployment
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Wash ’n’ Wear
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
I stand in Guerneville’s only laundromat, in front of one of those front-load washing machines that promises to get my clothes cleaner and whiter than the kind with the lid on top. I toss in my clothes, lock the door, and insert most of my quarters. Fourteen, to be exact—$3.50 to wash one load. I [...]
Tags: California, Guerneville, homelessness, job loss, Russian River, unemployment
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