It’s okay to be alone. Many homeless people are - even when they are part of a family. It is okay to be a “party of one” at a restaurant, to take up a table for four when the buffet line is crowded. It is okay to see a movie without turning to comment to a friend about something you noticed or thought or found immensely funny. It’s okay to laugh out loud even if there is no one to hear.
A friend of mine shared this marvelous YouTube video with …

Finally. The Washington Post confirmed today what I have been telling people for several years now. That the five most popular conceptions people have about the homeless are myths.
Those myths:
1) That homelessness is a long-term condition. It’s not long-term. Most homeless average a few days to less than 30 days as homeless.
2) That most of the homeless are mentally ill. Nope, only 13-15% the Post writer concludes.
3) That homeless people don’t work. Again, the Post notes, “According to a 2002 national study by the Urban Institute, about 45 percent …

In 2006 I was living in my van in a Walmart parking lot in Denver, Colorado. The Highlands Ranch Walmart if you want specifics. Highlands Ranch is the upscale snooty rich neighborhood of Denver - on the south side. I drove past a Rolls-Royce dealer on my way to the dog-park to let my dog run every morning. And other than Pannera Bread and the fast-food places, there weren’t a lot of restaurants where I could even afford a cup of coffee, let alone a meal. I appreciated the wealth …

This is one of my “pinhead” posts. Posts I write when I’m tired of stupidity. This time, I’m tired of the ongoing debate about whether homeless people “SHOULD” have cellphones, as if there was a law that made communication illegal for the poor or homeless!
People in general are cruel when it comes to the homeless. On the one hand they want to help them, but ONLY if the person is TOTALLY without resources and destitute. And THEN they blame them for being that way! Damned if you do, damned …