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Sitting out in the cold and wet while listening to the uncertainty of the future in the news and at work, I started debating new choices. It was time to consider better housing and crunch the numbers to see what was viable. First I had to consider what my time was worth. If I hadContinue reading “BETTER ALTERNATIVES”

People have often asked me if I was having a difficult time through all this. I would reply that surviving is easy, co-existing in the civilized world is what’s hard. I believe we’d all be shocked at how many homeless people exist around us that do their absolute best not to appear that way. It’sContinue reading “BETWEEN WORLDS”

The evening of Sunday, March 31st, I crawled into a small musty backpacking tent I own after hauling all the final items I would need to be independent in the bigger tent. I can’t quite recall what finishing touches I had to complete, but it did still look like a biohazard construction site. I usedContinue reading “MOVING OUT….OR IN?”

Some argue that what makes a country modern is government type, advancements in technology and manufacturing, and overall access to higher education, but I disagree. I think it’s electricity, running water, hot running water and flush toilets. When faced with the prospect of living outside of a modern home, the basic necessities come out toContinue reading “THE BATHROOM”

I guess I need to iterate what was going through my head when all of this started and provide some background. In 2007 my wife Lydeana was diagnosed with cancerous colon polyps and had a resection with no subsequent treatments of any kind. Little did we know that was just the beginning. The real blowContinue reading “FIRST DAYS”