Tag Archives: work

BACK TO WORK

Posted on February 27, 2018 by xaviertrevino

    Exactly four years ago this month I was suspended from the job I’d held for seventeen years. It was actually three different jobs, porter, doorman, handyman then doorman again but all at the same place, 144 West 86th … Continue reading →

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NO PHOTOS PLEASE

Posted on September 13, 2017 by xaviertrevino

I always wondered where the people sitting behind the tables at the polling stations on Election Day came from. Yesterday I found out for the first time. I saw an ad on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, Translators wanted … Continue reading →

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HOMECOMING

Posted on October 10, 2016 by xaviertrevino

Last week I went back to the Pratt Institute campus for the first time in a few years. After losing the job I had there in 1977 I didn’t go back until a couple of years ago, in 2013 to … Continue reading →

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MAN BUN WITH BEARD

Posted on July 30, 2016 by xaviertrevino

I love my new neighborhood. Well, maybe not so new, in September we’ll be signing our second lease; but it still feels new and different. It’s very green. The other day I was walking to the subway to go to … Continue reading →

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GOODBYE TO EDEN

Posted on June 19, 2016 by xaviertrevino

It’s summer again, and I was called (emailed, actually) by my old people to come and clean up the garden one last time. My old people are Elly and Eddie, the sweetest people you’d every want to know. This is … Continue reading →

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CHICKEN FOR LUNCH

Posted on February 22, 2016 by xaviertrevino

  A couple of weeks ago at work the boss handed me a menu and said, “The lunch girl isn’t here today, would you mind ordering?” So like that I became the lunch girl for the day. It seemed simple, … Continue reading →

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THE LAST JUNK STORE ON CANAL

Posted on February 1, 2016 by xaviertrevino

  I was on Canal Street one day ten days ago or so, before the big snowstorm, and came across a junk store: There used to be dozens of these on Canal, before all of the handbag and perfume knock-off … Continue reading →

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REASONS TO BE GRATEFUL PART II

Posted on November 29, 2015 by xaviertrevino

      I wanted to write this on Thursday, but I was busy getting ready for our small family Thanksgiving gathering. Then I was busy eating and chatting with our guests, Danusia’s niece Kasia and her husband Charles, and … Continue reading →

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ONE NIGHT TRIP

Posted on November 27, 2015 by xaviertrevino

  Last Saturday morning I boarded a Peter Pan Bus at the Port Authority bus station for a five-hour ride to Northampton, Mass. I had to switch buses in Springfield to continue on to Northampton. Bus rides are never fun, … Continue reading →

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FREE LUNCH

Posted on October 18, 2015 by xaviertrevino

If you are a regular reader of this blog, (and I know some of you are) you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been posting as regularly as usual lately. And you probably know that I lost the job I’d held … Continue reading →

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