THANKSGIVING

 "Hard times do not change you, son. They reveal you."

- Samuel Clemens

You ever talk to your characters? I do. 

All the time ... especially during this season of homelessness.

Mark Twain cuts me no slack ... but he does make me smile ... laughing is too hard these days,

"Why did you lose your home, Roland? 

So that you can find a new one. 

So that you can see the concept "HOME"  with new eyes and extra colors.  

And the people around you will be seen differently, too. 

Coming back from a loss is not the same as never having lost ... 

it is the caterpillar blinking its eyes as it emerges from the cocoon." 

- Mark Twain

Wherever you find yourselves, my friends, during this holiday season ...

May the colors, sounds, and "little" blessings come more alive for you.

STILL ALIVE; STILL LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE

 

You're reading a very insecure 

writer right now!

I do not know how much longer

my blood center will let me stay.

They have been gracious 

to let me stay this long.

Poor Midnight is still being boarded.

Every apartment I check is still being renovated.

Those about to become available

are charging $1800 a month for a 1 bedroom, 

sometimes that much for a studio!

Except for those in crack neighborhoods!

The rent controlled units, 

still being repaired, 

insist I make no more 

than $29,000 a year GROSS.

(Including my Social Security)

If I lose my job,

then with only my S.S.

I would not make the 

minimum required.

Sigh.

Say a prayer for me, will you?