Walking the Hedge

I was reading Sarah’s blog over at the Forest Grove and was struck by this post:

They’re Watching You

… as well as the comments made by her readers.  Go and read it, then come back…

Okay.

I once had a boyfriend who was very much an Odin’s Man tell me of how one time while down on his luck and far from home he went to the bus station to see how much a ticket home would cost. He was  something like $3.12 short and they refused to sell him a ticket even though he was short only a few bucks. He was sitting on the curb outside the bus station trying to sort out what to do, when suddenly an old homeless man walked up to him calling his name. The homeless fellow seemed to know him and said he was so glad to have found him, that he had the money he owed him. My ex had no idea who this man was and had no idea why a homeless man would owe him money. The homeless man insisted he owed my ex money and gave him the exact amount of money he was short for the ticket… Continue reading →