Apartment 301
Damon E Walters
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota,
- Birthday
- November 08
- Bio
- Born in Anacostia, Washington DC.
AKA Daniel E Walsh, changed for all the standard reasons.
MY RECENT POSTS
- CA Dreamer: Chicago Days:St.
Anthony & Another Irish
Failure
May 18, 2012 09:35PM - CA Dreamer: Sweet Home Chicago
(Pt 3)
May 05, 2012 09:50PM - CD: Sweet Home Chicago (Pt 2)
April 21, 2012 03:30PM - CA Dreamer: Sweet Home Chicago
Ch 4 (Pt 1)
April 13, 2012 07:05PM - CA Dreamer: Traveling East: Ch
3 Girl of the Horse Country 3
April 02, 2012 11:08PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “'tis the commencement
speech season”
May 24, 2012 05:18PM - “"Were these wee beings
given access to nuclear or
biological
weapons the
hum…”
May 24, 2012 05:05PM - “benighted and aetiolated
gets this one rated”
May 24, 2012 03:59PM - “thanks for the pictures
and decriptions - so this is
what the
demigods
choppered…”
May 23, 2012 05:54PM - “my air guitar is
weeping”
May 23, 2012 05:25PM
Damon E Walters's Links
- New list
- Ch 21: SF 1980: Tramps Like Us (Pt 3)
- Ch 20: SF 1980: Tramps Like Us (Pt. 2)
- Ch 19: SF 1980: Tramps Like Us (Pt. 1)
- Ch 18: SF 1980: Skyline
- Ch 17: SF 1980: Look-away
- Ch 16: SF Diary 1980: Down in Monterey Pt. 2
- Ch 15: Down in Monterey Pt. 1
- Ch 14: San Francisco Diary 1980: The Unvanquished
- Ch 13: San Francisco Diary 1980: Baby Driver
- Ch 12: SF Days 10: The Oakland Charader
- Ch 11: San Francisco Days 9: Ode to Jay (pt 3)
- Ch 10: San Francisco Days 9: Ode to Jay (pt 2)
- Ch 9: Blogwell's 9th: Ode to Jay (pt 1)
- Ch 8: Blog of the Bay 8: Meet Virginia
- Ch 7: Blog Star 7: Danny California
- Ch 6: Bloggy Nights 6: Most Excellent Felix
- Ch 5: Bloggy Mountain V: Black Bird Fly
- Ch 4: Bloggy Nights IV: Farmer's Daughter
- Ch 3: Blog Noir Trois: Curiouser & Ives
- Ch 2: Blog Noir Deux: Succulent Seconds
- Ch 1 (Intro): Breaking News: OS Hack Almost Accepts Anthony Ghosting Gig
CA Dreamer: Chicago Days:St. Anthony & Another Irish Failure
All his life he had wished and waited, and there had been no change, except for the worse.
James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy
Returning to the hotel I shot a “hey, ho” to the parlor
coots… Read full post »
CA Dreamer: Sweet Home Chicago (Pt 3)
Kenny handed me a pair of overalls. I switched to an old pair of
shoes from the trunk. I stoked a Camel I bummed from one of the
boys. We passed around a pint of… Read full post »
CD: Sweet Home Chicago (Pt 2)
Maureen’s building was old, but well maintained. The carpeted
hall was clean with cream colored walls trimmed in dark oak. A
lingering scent of lemon oil polish and cleaning agents
mute… Read full post »
CA Dreamer: Sweet Home Chicago Ch 4 (Pt 1)
I reached the outskirts of Chicago only stopping for short naps at near-empty rest areas. The countryside was unrelenting, late-winter dreadful. Underneath what had become droning 8-tracks, the road sang a song with tires and passing trucks.
Gray skies carried a threat of snow. I sta… Read full post »
CA Dreamer: Traveling East: Ch 3 Girl of the Horse Country 3
The wide trail wound through sparse country alongside a creek. A
weak sun wore off the morning chill. As we rode by trees, brush and
under low-hanging branches, my… Read full post »
CA Dreamer: Traveling East: Ch 3 Girl of the Horse Country 2
The pre-dawn air was clear and cold. I could hear the snorts and
champing of horses. Someone had rapped on the window. I stepped on
a stone floor. I splashed icy iron-tinged water on my
face… Read full post »
CA Dreamer: Traveling East: Ch 3 Girl of the Horse Country 1
The Prophet Matthew inspired me in at least one way – I was
drinking more. The drive was now measured by six-packs and pit
stops. The daytime highway contained truckers, salesmen and the
stray loser like me. If you could keep… Read full post »
CA Dreamer: Traveling East: Ch 2 The Spirits of Salt Lake
The Aspen chugged across western Utah with nerve-wracking
uncertainty. I… Read full post »
For Lillian
call the dance, won't you Lil
from your cool hillside’s ledge
near the twisting swirling
invite them dare the edge
wet stones slick with stories
the wind's voice seems to share
sweeping in… Read full post »
GNS: The Re-Cycle
An evening snow fell wet and heavy covering Northeast Minneapolis in fresh white. The air was warm for January. I took advantage of the warmth to go out to the garage and bundle some cardboard for the next day's city recycling pick-up. The garage was cluttered. I looked for/… Read full post »
California Dreamer: Traveling East: Ch 1 Black Dog
Nearing Reno on the snow-slick Interstate I could almost feel the
seething of dazed gamblers. S… Read full post »
SF Diary 1980: Slip Slidin' Away
I straggled into parking lot of The Sandman. The office was lit, sign on - VACANCY. Louise came to the door.
I assisted the dazed Wendy to the stoop where Louise enclosed her. "She's hardly spoken. I found her up on a hill in the tower shack like DJ told me."
"I have… Read full post »
SF 1980: Tramps Like Us (Pt 3)
I am the italicized character that has been commenting throughout this series. Daniel has asked me to summarize the story in this chapter. He has experienced some technical problems with his computer equipment, thus the delay in presenting the chapter.
For the record, I see this series as an exercise… Read full post »
SF 1980: Tramps Like Us (Pt. 2)
Madame Lou recoiled from the sound of the screen door. She scowled and coughed. Fritz rose and lifted his right front paw and eyed the door.
“I’ve made Jay Clover’s acquaint… Read full post »
SF 1980: Tramps Like Us (Pt. 1)
The maroon-garbed hotel dick watched me unabashedly like a hung-over sailor studying his sunny-sides while they griddle bopped on a skid row grease grill; I dialed the motel with my brain sizzling from th… Read full post »
SF 1980: Skyline
I was frightened by my first few steps on the carpet. As I sunk so slightly into the plush I had the sensation that the building was tipping. I followed Red past a starched waiter who… Read full post »
SF 1980: Look-away
I wasn’t sure how Wendy and the pig roaster were connected, but there was a glint in his eye that encouraged me to try later - from a distance. I walked a surprisingly long ways back to… Read full post »
Down in Monterey Pt. 1
In the morning I tugged the fender away from the tire to stop the scraping. I was little stiff from the crash; a familiar feeling since I had been whacked in the back on K Street in DC less than a year ago.
I needed to process the mail and/… Read full post »
Motel Room
Busted Radio
Birthday indulgence:
I owned a 1977 Dodge Aspen from 1979 to 1984. The car is a character in my current series, San Francisco Diary 1980. I traveled in that car from swampy Washington DC to sunny Ca… Read full post »
San Francisco Diary 1980: The Unvanquished
The radio pulled in KCBS San Francisco, despite the missing antenna it could get strong stations in the city. The networks were calling the national election… Read full post »
And Death Shall Have No Dominion: repost for Halloween
Originally published 12/04/09 on this platform for mouldering writers. Turn off the lights and gather the kids around the pixel glow (JPH). The scariest part is that these events occurred a headstone's throw from Edgar Allan Poe Elementary School and every word of it is true.
And death shall h… Read full post »
San Francisco Diary 1980: Baby Driver
I spotted the tail just outside of Novato. Along the way I had hit a few roadside fast food joints for the benefactor; he sold dreams and there were dreamers everywhere. The tail was another Aspen, a maroon four-door. I figured out I was being… Read full post »
CA Dreamer: SF Days Ch 10 The Oakland Charader
I bought a warm pierogi and a cup to go at a corner grocery – one of/… Read full post »
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