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Dusk
It was dusk last night as the line formed with the homeless at the cold weather shelter. Naturally, one has those who, are catching up with each other’s daily event’s, or those hustling for a cigarette or change so they can get a can of cheap beer before being let in. I was one of…
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Human kindness
Act of human kindness. Mostly, the homeless wait. With avenues closed to them or wait for the rusted self infected government agencies to see if the right comma or period was placed on a numeric form. The numbers being more important than the distant humanity they represent. In April of 1940 Germany walked through the…
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Hurricane Ida.
Hurricane ida: Monday August 30.For those of us with smart phones we pass the word that Wednesday is gonna be a pain in the ass. The homeless will as usual fend for themselves. Experience, has taught us this. The mayor of Richmond is to busy getting the committee of the homeless together. And we’ll the…
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The two Bryan’s
The two Bryan ‘s and others. For those of you whome have been reading all these posts it is painfully noticeable that I am very dyslexic and the grammar is noticeable or non existent. A friend offered to edit these posts and I gracefully decided to decline his offer on the grounds that they would…
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Perceptions
Admittedly, when I became homeless I had the same suburban perceptions about other homeless people. I have to admit it’s a mixed bag and is more a case by case basis much like how one picks ones “click of friend’s “, in Richmond. One afternoon at the lot a rather amusing seen occured. I was…
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Genders
I wrote a sign that read “who is more generous men or women”, tried it once it was sorta effective. However, it did spark my curiosity on who is more generous for panhandlers. Here are the results of my observations. African American and blue collar workers are by far the most generous of all persons.…
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Panhandling
Panhandling. For those who understand that Panhandling is an art form and a job. Basically, one has to stand on a dangerous situation, create a message and hope someone will help you. It is also the last resort for many. My panhandling days started about 6 weeks ago when the Virginia employment commission finally got…
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Invisibility
Invisibility continued: The previous example was the type that was blatant Invisibility. But, there is a second type that is a daily grind. It is the look out of the corner of their eyes. The silence as one passes them by. The rolling up of car windows as they pass you by or sit…
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Next part
Next part: These parts are becoming so intermingled that I’m losing track of what belongs where..lol.Anyway, I mentioned a few topics in my last post and now going to attempt to work through each of them. The frist and foremost is the ” authorities” , meaning the police department. Our frisy interaction is/was due to…
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Shelter part 3
Part three the parking lot. Before I continue with the next part there is a few touch up items that I forgot to mention about the hotel that need to be mentioned, that I forgot to include. The main one point was the lack of showers and sanitation. Yes, there where showers and one could…
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