For Ed

the long version

These are just some simple notes, not meant to be anything fancy, jotted down for Ed Childers. Ed Childers and I have served together on a Missoula, Montana city government board (MCTAC) since 2009. He’s asked me a few times in passing about the things on which I work, and I felt that the answer deserved a more thorough giving than was offered. I even invited him to a recently hosted reading of mine, which fell through. So, with that in mind, I present these notes in his honor to anyone who cares to read them.