Homeless Market Street, Amsterdam NY   Played in the background as I sat w my tea n bagel at my favorite writing place—Panera Bread. I do more eating than writing, but I like to think of writers like Patti Smith sitting in her favorite cafe writing. It gives me comfort n helps keep me focused. I…

Homeless again leaving Bunker Hill Road, Sacandaga Lake NY  It’s been awhile since I have been able to write. I’m not even sure where I left off. Like w others, some days fly by n others crawl, but each day I get stronger. Some days this comes in waves of tears n insight, other days…

       Homeless—old vacant Rite Aide “Drug store” Leaving the vacant GoodWill store was traumatic as usual; in the same way all the odd places I have made a home, rough sleeping, have been. Homelessness has been the worse experience of my life; terrifying, overwhelming, hopeless at times, but yet in some ways I’m…

  Homeless~Old Vacant Good Will Store Awake at 3am, after loud noise from Semi-trucks continues all night long. I have been rough sleeping in front of the old vacant “Good Will” store for the past month; still looking for housing n jobs, still trying to live my life, but my savings is gone now n…

Homeless~Sanford Barn, Amsterdam NY Changes keep coming n haven’t stopped for awhile now. I’m no longer in the old barn, the Sheriff’s, State Police, n the guy that manages the place told me I had to leave. He is n old classmate that w a couple others told me shortly after I was removed from…

Old Sandford Barn—Amsterdam NY  Woke up soaking wet, hearing what seemed like Trees falling; cracking, breaking—ominous. I peeled out of the mummy bag to see everything covered in snow. I had been checking the weather, but thought it just snow flurries. No, it was a full blown snow storm. The pines bending almost to the…