

News from the 'Mat
On Monday, October 21st, I worked in a clinic for people with mental illness and substance abuse disorder. A woman I have known for a while came into the clinic. We also run into each other at the laundromat every now and then. We greeted each other, and she said to me, “When are you going to the laundromat?” I thought for a minute. “I’m going tomorrow,” I told her. “What time?” I thought again. “Around 9:30, I think.” On Tuesday, mindful that I had told her I would be at the