A new reason for this blog

Well, what started as a New Year's resolution has pretty much failed.  But there might be a way to save A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.

There are tons of places like Hemingway's cafe, the namesake of that story.  And just like in the story, there are tons of interesting, unique people in each one:  the barflies, the coffeehouse dwellers, the urban nomads, the next-door-neighbors-down-the-street.

This is going to be a look at those everyday people, one at a time.  Some will be friends or family, some will be total strangers.  Some will get a chance to tell their story, others will have their lives filled in for them.  Some of them will have pictures attached; others, you'll have to imagine.

They'll all be real, though.  That much is for sure.