Things I Found in September

Two CD's near the corner of 30th ST. and Arlington. A Trip Back to the 80's Rare Modern Rock, and Teena Marie 14 Greatest Hits.

The Teena Marie disc may actually find its way into my meager music collection. I used to own her first record, produced by Rick James, "Wild and Peaceful."

Judging by what I hear in retail environments and what I see loaded onto my client's i-phones, Eighties pop music is really celebrated now. I'll probably slip the Rare Modern Rock disc into a mail slot. Any takers? Featured artists include: When in Rome, Dominatrix, Alphaville, and Dead or Alive.

Tub fixture. Hot water spigot only, outgoing garbage from a house in Wilshire Vista.

One dollar bill, on Westlake in Pico Union. I find change everywhere I go, darkened pennies, a nickel, sometimes Mexican coins, usually the small denominations. Paper money, not so often.

Once I drew the ire of an aggressive pan-handler when I flipped a penny--that lay a short distance away--into his collection vessel. I suppose he judged my gesture as belittling, rather than sympathetic. There are so many ways to offend.