{"id":7607,"date":"2022-02-07T07:27:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/?p=7607"},"modified":"2022-02-07T07:27:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:27:53","slug":"coffee-shop-ruminations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/meditations\/coffee-shop-ruminations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Shop Ruminations"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-7607\" data-postid=\"7607\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-7607 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n\n<p>I am sitting in a sleek coffee shop where they donate some of their profits to shelter dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I keep thinking about the recent searing images of the plight of the homeless. An older man on crutches with his chihuahua. A young man asleep on a bench at a bus stop in 30 degree weather. His only possessions, a backpack and a conga drum. A derelict boat moored in the fog with a pirate flag at half mast. Why half mast?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am reading a manuscript. It has a reference to George Wallace, and I remembered that late in his political career, he renounced segregation, at least publicly. Such a renouncing of former barbaric views on race is unthinkable with Wallace&#8217;s political descendants, more than a few currently members of Congress. In fact, I&#8217;m a bit surprised that certain members of the Republican Party running for local, state and federal elections aren&#8217;t calling for the repeal of Brown vs the Board of Education. The Supreme Court already overturned the Voting Rights Act. Roe vs Wade is next. Let&#8217;s reinstate Plessy Vs Ferguson and make America Great Again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s practically deserted in here, which is probably a good thing during a pandemic. Maybe I shouldn&#8217;t even be here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier I took my usual morning walk through the homeless encampment. I saw a new RV and it was weirdly customized. Someone had chopped off part of the back and built a sort of deck where someone could sit and watch traffic if the rig was on the move. Odd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I keep thinking about my eventual return to RV life, if indeed I choose that life again. Last time, I sort of accidentally fell into it, and it turned out to be one of the best accidents of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I do go back to RV life, I think I&#8217;ll have one that actually moves! What would it be like touring around the PNW in a rig and writing a novel called <em>The Watershed<\/em>, a book I&#8217;ve had in mind for almost a decade? I could stay in the all locales that make up the settings for the novel. What kind of life would that be? I do know from precious experience it is difficult for me to write when I&#8217;m on the move and traveling. 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