The View From Nathan's Bus

Nathan’s Bus: ​The Perspicacious Hairdresser

The accent. I knew him from before. The vowels drawled out in between clipped consonant edges, a straining against the upper mouth, little enthusiasms in...

The Swagger I Love: Thoughts on My Fellow Operators

Yes, they vary wildly in temperament, outlook, attitude...but isn't that what you want in a group of people? Look at them. There are so...

“Highly Connectible and Really Gangster”

“Merry Christmas, happy holidays, all that good stuff," I call out to my ragtag crew. We are the nighttime 7 and we’ve just boarded...

The Principled Gesture

There's a lot of time to think when you're driving a bus. There shouldn't be, what with the incredible amount of mental multitasking involved;...

A Story About Zen Monks—Whoops I Mean Bus Drivers and Social Services Specialists

  I want to share a story with you. It sounds like it’s about a monk. It isn’t. It’s about you, and me, and anyone else...

Taking Care

"Man, she, she was always worried something like this might happen. That's why I been the way I am. For them, just in case she...

Nathan on the Radio: II

Did you miss my interview on KUOW 94.9? No worries! Here is the full seventeen-minute interview! Hope you enjoy! A note for Community Transit and First...

Decent Street: Kendrick, Gender, Lingo, & the Good Man Problem

  Kendrick. Was that him? Even twenty miles an hour can seem too fast, what with all the glass and foliage in between, not to...