Jerry Chasen's Blog

Mark told me that on my birthday, he was approached by someone with a very hard luck story. He thought about what I’d do, and gave the guy a $20 bill. That made me feel so understood, and so appreciated.

Our country was in the Iraq war, and it wasn’t going well. At the same time, my own life was really pretty terrific, and the dissonance was jarring.

Funny how things work. Shortly after writing this, my firm closed, and I left the new offices this talks about. Check out Holiday 2000.

This was one of the few efforts where I abandoned rhyme. I found after a while that I missed it, missed the structure and challenge.

A theme of love here–the pain of loss, the joy of a doggy friend, and the sweetness of new romance.