Monthly Archives: May 2024

Looking Ahead

To look ahead we only have to look around. Since 2017 homelessness has increased by 6%. Even during the Covid federal resource boom of 2020-2022, homelessness increased. (1). Evictions today are higher than their pre-pandemic averages with nearly 1,115,000 eviction … Continue reading

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They rushed…

They rushed, with only twenty minutes left in the meeting, to make an arbitrary decision that would randomly change lives. Granted, because we fear the cutting edge, those with power felt their only choices were arbitrary, but still wouldn’t it … Continue reading

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Too close to the edge

It seems, the closer we get to the cutting edge the smaller our steps. And as we slow down, it is not uncommon for this hesitancy to become comfortable complacency. And once comfortable, it becomes difficult to even talk about … Continue reading

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Torment

Like I’m rusting from the inside out. Tiny little flakes loosened and scattered by a battalion of tiny little spiders marching inside me from my wrist up and around my arm across the top of my shoulder up my neck … Continue reading

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Is it better…

Is it better to pretend and not know? Or is it better to know? Pretending to be… In control. Necessary. Resolute. Enlightened. Fulfilled. Judicious. Compassionate. These are Ideals, and based on the reality that surrounds us every day, we are … Continue reading

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