stoop

He was stooping as he leant on the front desk.

It is tragic that the Washington Post, which once employed Ben Bagdikian would stoop to showing cowardice in the face of this historic challenge.

“Keep the farmer in Congress!” he told a resident as he left their stoop.

Once the excavator moved away, the Red Cross workers stepped gingerly onto the mound of rubble, their backs stooped as they examined what remained of lives lived in what had been seven apartments.

Living near Little Tokyo, I’m in the area often, but never has it felt so active — every location, sidewalk and stoop is potentially part of the story.