Tag Archives: 100 Strangers

Spring in Chicago: Robert

Posted on March 27, 2012 by stephenarcher

I had finally got­ten to Chicago and the light was fail­ing and I sat down for a minute. Robert sat beside me and it was a bustling bar. He was watch­ing Bay­lor play in the final four. Their uni­forms were … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Three

Posted on December 22, 2011 by stephenarcher

6/100 Strangers Project Today, my three, my son, my wife and me, were sit­ting in a preop hold­ing room in Port­land at the uni­ver­sity hos­pi­tal. We walked in to the Mult­nomah pavil­lion– the word evokes pres­ence and his­tory at the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Beauty

Posted on December 9, 2011 by stephenarcher

I walked out of the exam room, spent and unsure of myself, unsure even though I had been thor­oughly iden­ti­fied. Every ten years most doc­tors have to renew their vows, so to speak. This is done by tak­ing a five … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Jesse

Posted on November 1, 2011 by stephenarcher

Jesse was hav­ing din­ner and not pay­ing much atten­tion to the World Series game seven. That made him inter­est­ing. We were sit­ting at the bar – every table was packed for the game. I had been tak­ing pic­tures of a closed and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Lisha

Posted on October 27, 2011 by stephenarcher

I am in Burlingame, CA. I would nor­mally want to just say San Fran­cisco, but it isn’t. I am in Burlingame for four days. I went for a walk along the bay. I was tak­ing pic­tures of an unusual man … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Michael

Posted on October 3, 2011 by stephenarcher

I wore my scrubs in to Starbuck’s. My case was late start­ing and I stopped by on the way in. I sat down in a faux leather arm chair. Imme­di­ately Michael engaged me. Being my usual reclu­sive self, I acted … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bill

Posted on September 21, 2011 by stephenarcher

It is just barely pos­si­ble that, at the rare moment, Bend Light can be rather, uh, Heavy. This is because I am that way. There is a lighter side to me, how­ever. There is a side that wants to be … Con­tinue read­ing →

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