I’d toss off my dirt-odored khaki shorts and t-shirt, throw myself into an icy shower to stave off heat stroke, and rinse the mulch-dust-tan from my face, arms, and legs, and prepare myself for an evening locked in my room with a $2 dinner, a DVD from the library, and my burgundy binder.
My secret.
There it was, waiting for me, even before my hair had dried.
I’d pull it from the bottom desk drawer and read “PRIVATE” scribbled down the side in faded Sharpie.
Opening the cover, my eyes, heavy with the draw of a magnet, lock on the first page, surveying every inch of the curves and details, the uncontested beauty, the round…
Adam Tidrow is a serial entrepreneur, expert in American business and economic history, and scholar whose work focuses primarily on local economic development in the American Rust Belt. His newest project, Let The Robots Starve, is an advocacy movement aimed at restoring the soul of locally-owned businesses that serve local communities. He is currently performing research for his forthcoming book, Baptism By Fire.
