Dear Hali,
Thanks for 30 years. You were always good to me (even when I was a drunken teen and peed or puked on you). They say if you love something you should set it free. I see the difficulty in this, so it’s probably easier if I go. Thanks for the memories and good times. You’ve taught me well. I’ll use that to make other cities as good as you’ve been to me.
—Hali’s in the Heart
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2009.