Most of this is covered in my “About” page, but we’ll pin it here for a bit since I’ve just started this blog.

At the top: Look, fundamentally, this is just a way to keep me writing. Writers gotta write. Seemed like a good idea. We’ll see.

With my move to this walkable neighborhood in St. Louis City came the realization that the neighborhood was prone to becoming a trash heap. It’s an urban community, after all, and these things will happen.

My street falls on the west side of a busy neighborhood commercial district, lined with restaurants and boutiques such as tattoo parlors, second-hand clothing stores, knick-knack shops and florists. On the corner, a gas station draws a constant flow of customers to fill their tanks or fill their needs from the convenience store.

I thought I’d start picking stuff up from time to time. And writing about it.