Well I lived through it again . It s really hard to make a living in the arts. I have never given up and gotten a real job, and so here I am again, recovering from dealing with the odd assortment of papers I just filed. I donate my talents to the underdog politician and I traipse to the courthouse to stand up for my neighbor who wants to keep her shed from being condemned because it s one foot too tall for the code. So here I am again .
Inequality is everywhere.
There will always be people who are richer and poorer than I am. I find it eerie to hear families who are richer than we are pretending we re all in this together. On the other hand, my own neighbors are single moms struggling to comprehend the changes in the welfare system. Somewhere in the middle our family swims, clipping coupons and priding ourselves on good thriftshop buys. The Dow Jones may be doing well, very well, and all those happy bankers too, but many of us are barely treading water.