The View From Nathan's Bus

You're way out at the end of the route, just you and the bus, doing the turnaround in a residential setting. It's a different...

"Wait, what kinda music?" There'd been a long pause lasting several stops. With some folks you can comfortably switch in and out of silence during...

On a long enough timeline, all clothes worn in the elements turn brown. It's a muted shade of that hue which cloaks these two...

I feel a sense of comfort when low-income or working class people get on. Maybe it's because I come from a similar background. It...

  I'm telling them about 12th Avenue, by way of the microphone. "Okay here's 12th Avenue, 12th, good for Youth Services, Labor Union Hall, King...

I'm talking with somebody about how Rainier and Kenyon, where he lives, is like Watts. We're both from South Central LA. We're talking about...

Rainier and Forest, southbound. A mild-mannered Caucasian man in his twenties noticed I was the driver upon my pulling up and opening the doors....

There's still a face there, at the end of the line in Rainier Beach. She's in the back, on top of the rear wheel....