A NATIONAL TALENT

    

I am so hard up. I got nothing. If I were playing poker I'd fold right now. The town isn't comatose but it seems to have taken a lot of sedatives. So, here is an appropriate subject if I have to go dumpster diving in the archives. This was just down the street from the cottage we rented in Michigan last month. Trash collection is done by private companies in lots of the US.

1-800-98-WASTE

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A dumpster across the street from the burned-out factory we saw earlier this week. I wonder if whoever applied the stencil picked this specific target or whether it was random. I'd like to think it was the former, a comment on our collective accumulation of waste.

Trade Your Old Waste For Shiny New Waste

Another interesting find along this small section of North Broadway. I took this picture on a Saturday when no one was around and nothing was going on. No clues about what actually hapens here. I can't decide if this is eco-friendly or a toxic pit. What's your guess about who is trading what for what?

TOMORROW: The Seat of Power