Words by: Tim Matson
Image by: bobster855
Well, that’s not ideal, I thought. And that explains the tape over the turnstiles.
“How long?” another person in the gaggle cried out.
“We don’t know at this time,” the woman at the ticket booth said.
A disgruntled sigh grumbled up from the group. I’m not proud of it; I was one of [...]
Archives: February 2010
Walk To Work
Loving Love
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On The Parking Lot
Words by: Tim Matson
Image by: MissTurner
The summer after I graduated from college, I went to work at a theatre in Michigan. It’s one of those set-ups where a crew of college students and recent graduates handles jobs all over the theatre, from building sets and costumes, to cleaning toilets, to performing on stage. To signaling [...]
My Technological Romance
Words by: Tim Matson
Image by: Lin Pernille ♥ Photography
If you google the words “technology isolates people,” you get back over two million hits. Two million. That’s a lot of web chatter. See for yourself.
It is believed by many that technology is isolating: that by having online networks of friends, we never leave the [...]
The Ruthless Tooth
Words by: Virginia Manning
Image by: Hugo Arias
It was the end of a long Friday, after a disastrous week at the job I was about to lose anyway—they fired me a week later. Having maxed out my ability to stay awake and my well of tears, I was on my last shred of energy. It was [...]




