Christmas Sacandaga Lake NY Finished off the last bottle of Corona from the six-pack bought from Stewart’s; sad, broken, not looking forward to more rough sleeping the Sunday after Christmas, but here I am. Paid the last of my Covid money to the hotel in the hopes of surviving another few days that I…

RoughSleeping 2021 parking lot Carmels Diner—Amsterdam NY It’s been sunny and warm, some days reaching 50 degrees, today it might reach 60 degrees—unreal. If people don’t think Climate Change is real by now, they need to! even we all can’t agree on what is causing it, we can accept things are not what they seem…

Homeless 2021—Market Street, Amsterdam NY  Woke up to pouring rain, but at least this time I was ahead of it soaking my sleeping bags! I also felt much better after being sick all week, to pack up my gear and head to my local hangout these days—good ole’ McDonalds. I’m still grateful to them for…

Winter “On The Street,” Pedestrian Bridge,  Amsterdam NY 2021       I woke up to the awful rumbling of something, but I wasn’t sure what. As I opened my eyes and pulled back the layer of sleeping bags, by now I had two doubled up, I could see in horror what it was. The sound…

 Abandoned Main Street — Amsterdam NY I’m wet and cold again, wondering if I will spend the rest of my life this way, as it stands now with all the attacks and cops chasing me around the city maybe it won’t be that long—God is merciful. I get up pack my few things and head…

“Joe Smo,” he told me when I asked his name was yelling that I was a retard! “Your too stupid, to understand,” he said. “You should get a job, makeup with your husband and be a comedian”—your pretty funny, he said shaking his head after adding sarcastically, if I could afford a cell phone then…

Belongings dumped—Amsterdam Police Station lobby. Woke up cold, hungry, and damp. It had poured all day yesterday and I spent it shivering in the new sleeping bag I just got from Walmart, my second one. It was toasty and warm in the Abandoned House, rating of 10 degrees, but once cold on the inside of…

Abandoned House and Little CD/Radio player I wasn’t going to write, I felt sad after another abusive encounter with cops after I went to church. I had thought that after such a nice sermon, a sunny day of highs in the 50s, and writing for awhile after a nice breakfast, I would try and get…

Amsterdam RiverLink Park 2021 Warmer this morning, highs will be in the 50s all week, which is nice for Upstate NY in November. I went to church and it was another nice sermon I’m grateful I was able to attend. Traveling light and not attaching to things too much. I love our Priest and his…

Woke up at 3am, neighbor next door continues the noise harassment. It’s piercing intervals of electronic buzzing, humming, and gets louder and then quieter; alternating between tempos so you can’t get used to it. I usually wake up, only sleeping a couple hours before it starts again. It was 27 degrees this morning, my little…