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Page 6 Vendors What is Home? by J. Juno Home is a house but home is also a cardboard box Jerem y Young Home is an apartment but home is also an alcove Home is a condo but home is also a mat on the floor Home is a cottage but home is also a tent Home can be a choice but sometimes A home is not a choice but a trap Answers to Page 15 Puzzles BY LEONORA KO STAFF W R IT E R eremy Young discovered Portland as a coffee drinker and a rock climber. “I came here on vacation in 2002, and I really liked it and couldn’t stop talking about it,” Jeremy said. “My hotel was at the Marriott, so I would always go to Pioneer Square for my little coffee and do the crossword.” Other conference participants told him about a rock-climbing spot on the cliffs at nearby Rocky Butte. “You’ve got to rappel down into it, and there are little bouldering problems,” he said. “If you invent the climb (route), you get to name it.” Jeremy has rock-climbed throughout the country and even named some climb routes in Alabama. I in not going to say the names because they aren’t very nice,” he said in a low voice with a smile. “I really did like rock-climbing. It was really beneficial for me,” Jeremy said. “It was an exercise I liked doing. It was very social. It was outdoors, which I like. A little rock-climbing vacation , goes a long way.” He hurt his shoulder rock-climbing and “finished it off” when he fell off a ladder on" constructionjob. S fl networking skills,” he said. “A lot of it was about drinking and going to bars. It was kind of like how things got done, how plans got made. “I’ve had some mental issues come up, as I’ve gotten older,” he said with a sigh. Mental illness runs in his family, and he said he deals with anxiety and addiction. “I do a lot better when I’m sober, so I’m working towards that again,” he said. To calm down and anchor himself, Jeremy uses meditation techniques, which he learned at a retreat based on the book “The Way to Love” by Anthony de Mello. “It’s all about awareness,” Jeremy said. “If I had the money, I would buy the book for every single person I cared about. I’ve bought it for Christmas for friends and people before. (But) I think it’s something you have to find yourself to Street Roots • Dec. 21-27, 2018 appreciate.” His battered copy was stolen along with his backpack, so now he goes to Powell’s Books to read it. “I’m just kind of in the middle of a bad time,” he said. “As I get older, I get less ‘bounce-backier.’ “My next step is complicated because I don’t think it’s just about housing,” Jeremy said thoughtfully. “If housing would have solved the problem, I wouldn’t have wanted to go back out on the street. So I think my next big step is - I don’t know exactly what that is.” But Jeremy said he does know this: “Pay attention. "Take opportunities. Say yes. Saying yes does a lot of good things for me usually. I’m going to try to do that and what I can for the moment.” Jeremy said yes to this interview on the spur of the { moment. When asked what he would 1 like this vendor interview to include, he replied, “My rugged handsomeness,” and added, “Maybe a sense of humor would be fine.” y P r k e d 8 0-plus-hour w eek s as a construction worker and waiter in New Orleans and as a cook on an offshore drilling liner in the Gulf of Mexico. He also helped a friend open up a coffee shop and was a partner in a business installing custom furniture. “In New Orleans, I had better o C EN T R A L C IT Y C O FFE E SMikuietL S)o-foad. Sourcing & roasting craft coffee to benefit programs at Central City Concern. IN STORES 3 9 8 L 6 9 p 1. 8 6 9 17 8 8 T 9 L Z L I- 8 Z 9 P g ’ 6 8 V 6 i 9 L 8 8 Z 9 9 L z L 9 8 6 8 p 8 e s 6 P Z L 9 J. 9 z 9 8 6 8 fr 2 e 8 6 VZ L 1 9 9 1. L s 8 9 z 8 6 New SeasOns’ Market, W hole F oods’ Food F ront Cooperative Grocery, Green Zebra, Chuck's Produce, Food Fight!, Cherry.Sprout Produce, and Know Thy Food. AT YOUR OFFICE 'nterested in serving Central City Coffee at your office? Get in touch with us and we can help you make th a t happen. 503.226.7387 ON OUR WEBSITE Buy Central City Coffee online and have it shipped directly to you o r a friend. AT KASBAH MOROCCAN CAFE Get your espresso favorites at Old Town's newest spot {201 NW Davis Street), featuring Central City Coffee! Follow our Facebook page fo r updates and specials. " contralcitycoffee.org facebook com/CentralCttyCoffee coffee®c<xoncem ora
