The View From Nathan's Bus

The Glow II

At Letitia I put the lift out, saying goodbye to a couple I haven't seen in some years. He's a Vietnam vet with a summer...

I Am Now Two Years Old

  Two years ago I posted the first of these stories, which now number in the hundreds and stem from seven years of bus driving. The...

Merger

  As I woke a scruffy older sleeper at the U District terminal, he grumbled out something I think he intended to be derogatory. Something...

Here They Come

We're headed out to the Valley. I pull up to Martin Luther King Way, across from Franklin. It's a dingy gloom tonight. The dealers...

Take Another Look

  I see her brighten the bus stop as I pull up. Third and Union southbound, some time before midnight. Hers is a smile which...

Thanks Guys

  We won't tell anyone I took it for a test drive. As I pulled my 358 into the layover at Second and Main, I noticed...

Smart Man

  "Next one is Aurora," I announce from the 44 route. "Aurora Avenue, where you can get the E Line. That's the old 358." People get...

On a Lighter Note

  A woman in her twenties with a terrific, full-bodied Afro boards, all smiles and legs. It's nighttime on Capitol Hill during Pride week. The...