Vendor of the Week - Joe Howard

Vendor of the Week - Joe Howard Feb 17, 2010 www.realchangenews.org click "more info" to learn about Joe! "I was a track maker, I was a lyricist, I was a show performer and a magazine writer." Joe Howard believes in self-expression: "Self-expression helps the person to develop internally and to learn more about the world around them and themselves." This week the nominated vendor wrote his own article. We thought it was great. So here it is: Vendor of the Week: Joe Howard By Joe Howard, The One and Only Tucked away partly in on the block of 12th and Pine, facing the liquor store across from the police parking lot, stands a friendly, tall, strong looking vendor tossing sales questions to passersby, with a unique and interesting account of his present, past, and of course prospects for the future that entail, as he puts it, "more than my fair share of trials and tribs." "Everything happens for a reason," he wisely exclaims, "Life has a funny way of doing things; good things come to those who wait but mostly those who hustle." Joe is no rookie to the streets, having been on and off [of them] in four different states: Virginia, California, Florida, North Carolina and Washington DC. [This] has shaped his perspective of life and society in all sorts of critically profound ways. "Its made me want to learn a whole lot about how money works," he says excitedly, "Selling is my thing; its one of the best and oldest ways of makin paper, catch my drift." "I love sellin' Real Change ...