Making life difficult. The first lesson for this past Sunday, 1 Advent (11/26/23), was Isaiah 64:1-9.  I have a history with this text. O...

To move from homelessness to normal house-living, I had to acquire many, many things that the normal person never thinks of being...

Wrongdoers persist in hostility toward the innocent. From my diary for Thursday 01/19/23: So, at 19:00, as planned, I’m heading down the...

“You’re always being watched.” Tuesday 2023-08-15 The time has come to tell this. Some years ago, Kenneth Cherry, a black man in his 30s...

Another joy of becoming un-homeless. Something else I’d never had to do during my twelve years of homelessness:  Clean house. I became...

But still not mainstream I signed the lease on 04/25 and picked up the keys 04/26.  With all my stuff, I had figured to take 2-3 days to...

I have no solutions. The price of wokeness It is not good for any business to take sides in the culture wars. In October 2022, Lizette...

Naivete and claivoyance Tom and the phone charger Music:  Barbara Streisand, “On a clear day (you can see forever)”...

An occupational hazard of homelessness My first go-round with body lice occurred in September 2019.  I had another one in September 2022....

(1) Response to injustice (2) What to do while you wait? September 18, 2022 At this writing, I’m spending most of my time at the Dunkin’...

… may be one of the toughest of all nuts to crack. ‘This is war’: Protester arrested as KC approves change to housing affordability rate...

Many problems, one solution Rodney Related: The woman who vanished | The Homeless Blogger Blinded by the light | The Homeless Blogger...

Sometimes you’re powerless. The story began on May 15, 2022. That Sunday, as I had done for a couple days also before and after, I stayed...

A safe place where one may, or may not, ever grow up. I’ve already told Mike’s story at length:  Mike and facts A week or two after those...

I’m lined up to get my own place. I toured an apartment on Tuesday 11/29/22.  It’s 550 s.f., rent nominally $1,000, and within a half...

A parable of relief vs. advocacy “Relief” refers to providing for needy people’s immediate survival needs — food, shelter and clothing,...

Same ol’ same ol’ doesn’t deserve my attention. Starting in late April or early May, someone started coming in here 19:30 every Wednesday...

The people in a place make the place. New York BLM co-founder slams Mayor Adams for failing Black residents: ‘City is a warzone’ Quotes:...

What did Jesus mean by those terms? Earl’s bunk was immediately south of mine.  It was close enough to the front desk, that he could...

You get what you choose, whether you want it or not. Contrasts and justice in downtown Baltimore Related: White-shaming Dreaming of my...