Street Mayhem in Seattle/Madness in the City 

Gaza flags waving
Motorcycles racing 
Prostitutes waving
Cruiser cars with explosive mufflers cruising…
It’s 80° outside on Aurora Avenue!

It’s Saturday in the city! In the Emerald City of Seattle! Seattle, the City of Cranes! The old Jet City! Once the City of Dirt! And in Shoreline, too, one of Seattle’s satellite cities, this one on its northeastern border. Used to be wilderness here stewarded by Indigenous Native American tribes. We pulled out of our garage in our hot new red car, a 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness painted “Pearl Lithium Red with Gold accents and Black cladding.” Pearl lithium red. Who thinks up such names for these colors? My wife is driving as I’m still recovering from health challenges. When I first met my wife in person, after she picked me up from the airport in Richmond, Virginia, she zoomed down the freeways like a gleeful madwoman. “I drive like I’m in Jamaica, mon!” She shouted and laughed. Indeed, she is originally from the island nation of Jamaica. Continue reading →