Of Understanding and “Unhoused“

14,627 Days Alive

13 Years in a Transitory Environment

5-Level Purple Inbox Tray Assembled and Put to Use at Work

1 New, Upcoming, Well-Researched Rant

For the new or forgetful, I was homeless, couch-surfing, transient, or otherwise without a residence for a total of thirteen years in my youth and young adulthood. Bear this in mind when reading beyond this point that I have Great Big Feelings and opinions on things of this theme.

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Prompt Answer: Community Improvement

How would you improve your community?

Hooo boy do I have opinions on this. I don’t take this as online community, but rather the material world around me.

Here we go, the cliff notes version:

  • Run for political office to better my community by enacting legislations that help rather than hinder
  • Make widespread community gardens a thing again, victory garden style if we have to
  • Abolish HOAs entirely
  • Allow felons the right to vote (didn’t we have a whole goddamned war about taxation without representation??)
  • Make homeless shelters more accessible to those that need them
  • Plant edible parks
  • Protect members of the alphabet crew (LGBTQIA+ peeps)
  • Enhance local libraries
  • Get local law enforcement proper training for dealing with de-escalation and providing non-lethal responses
  • Open more food pantries

So. There we go. That’s a starting point.

My opinion.

Clingy Headaches, Car Wash, Change, and Cat-Riddled Crochet

Days alive: 12,170

Crochet projects worked on: 1

Car washes gone through: 1

Shadow headache/secondary migraine: 1

Lotto tickets bought: 0 because I forgot, but my Darling Wife bought one.

Days until NaNoWriMo: 8 days and counting!

I woke up at four am again, got up at five thirty to take a shower before my appointment at one pm today. I hate difficult appointments, but this one went better than I thought it may have. Still didn’t get enough sleep. Continue reading “Clingy Headaches, Car Wash, Change, and Cat-Riddled Crochet”