Unless you live under a rock, you have to have at least seen the only tarot card reader on the downtown mall. Perhaps he smiled, and you kept on walking, or perhaps he read you a future you never imagined. I assume most of you keep walking, hey, I was guilty of just that. I decided to break social norm and find out who he is. Here are a couple “Ed” factoids:

• His name is Ed Rowe (pronounced Rau-German ancestry) and he will talk your ear off
• He is a father
• a veteran high school teacher of the New York school system and probably one of the most well-read people you will meet in cville (outside of UVa I presume)
• He is a college graduate and has a Masters degree as well
• Has a cell phone that he pays for himself and ONLY uses to call his children
• Sleeps in a camp-site every night
• Showers and cleans his clothes every day
• Uses email regularly at Mudhouse or the UVa library
• Never begs for money and will NOT accept donations

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