July 2008

Dear Friends,

I’ve got about fifty great ideas right now, but after two weeks of looking for fifty great minutes to write them down, I’m surrendering to the fact that it just ain’t gonna happen this month.

Folks often tell me they appreciate that these letters are honest. Well, here’s the truth; summer in the city is no joke, and I’m up to my ears in this neighborhood right now. Between a few emerging housing crises, half a dozen summer camps, a spike in violence, and next weekend’s big Chicago trip (long story short: our entire Monday night dinner crowd is going on a kind of family vacation together), it feels like all of us here are hustling for love and justice eight days a week.

I’ll write again soon with some stories, but for now I just needed to touch base.

Thanks for being on the other end.

Your friend,

Bart