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Category Archives: Volunteering
HCS: Launchpad McQuack (V, 2)
Launchpad McQuack “This is the way to burn,” the fuse seemed to say to the more docile, slow-witted candlewick. ‘Brilliantly, ecstatically, irrepressibly. This is the way to burn.’” –Tom Robbins About 20 minutes after I left the tattoo parlor, Eddie … Continue reading →
HCS (V, i): Reset
Reset “Should a man wax tears, when his wooden world fails? In town, leaves were paper, but the hills were a flock of faiths…” -Derek Walcott We were ghosts in the building over that last week of December. Everyone else … Continue reading →
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Tagged Living the Dream
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HCS (IV, iv): Guns, Coke, Tahoe
On the way back, Ryan and I started up another lackluster music tournament, but mostly just chatted. Helicopter walked up to the captain seats every once in awhile, but mostly maintained her usual position on the seats in the back. … Continue reading →
Mold Removal Resources Page Back Up (Hurricane Sandy)
Just wanted to call attention to the fact that we have put our mold remediation resources page back up. I’ve been getting a flurry of Facebook messages and e-mails regarding mold remediation now that mucking in parts of New York … Continue reading →
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Tagged Disaster Recovery, Hope VI, Hurricane Sandy, Mold Remediation, Mold Removal
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HCS (III, 7): The Hot August In John Henry Beck Park
“Talkin’ bout a dream, try to make it real, you wake up in the night and the fear is so real.” -Bruce Springsteen There was a problem with the skid steer, John told me. What was the problem? Well, we … Continue reading →
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Tagged East Biloxi, John Henry Beck Park, Katrina Anniversary, The Pub
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HCS (III, 5): Welcome To Atlanta
“I pull up in the black Lotus, your plaques are bogus, so I stripped them off the wall waiting for my cue to corner pocket eight balls.” -Ludacris My life was already defined by Hope VI in mid-June, but once … Continue reading →
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Tagged Atlanta, Beth, Hands On Network, Hope VI, Jowers, Mark, Mold
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HCS (III, 4): Maybirds
“Don’t think twice. It’s alright.” -Bob Dylan In the midst of everything happening that I’ve described, Janos started making out with a girl on the Sacramento AmeriCorps team. Her name was Evelyn and I still remember his excitement at presenting … Continue reading →
HCS (1, 13): Broken Mirrors
I don’t know when I’ll be coming back again, It depends on how I’m feeling. -Bob Dylan Soon after getting home, I decided that I was going to write a book about my two months on the coast. I began … Continue reading →
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Tagged Biloxi, Hurricane Camp Stories, Katrina
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HCS (I, 12): Moonshiner
“I fell into a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher.” -Johnny Cash By the time we’d gotten to December, there were a few of us just trying to get through a few … Continue reading →
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Tagged Biloxi, Katrina, Mold, Moonshiner, Mullens, Staunton
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HCS (I, 11): Jerry Can’t Fail
“I went to the market to realize my soul, cause what I need I just don’t have.” -The Clash Jammin’ was shattered when Micah got kicked out of camp. That morning he wandered around camp dazed underneath his green trucker … Continue reading →
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Tagged dartmouth, Hurricane Camp Stories, Mold
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