Outsider Chick Never have belonged
Feel a little weak Trying to be strong
Sun and shadow Hill and valley
When your'e down and dark
Try to rally
Limp flag hangin' Thick oak standing
Red rose bloomin'
Ain't it a dandy
How I miss a garden, home, and flowers
Since I been homeless
Got nothin' but hours
Pink rose trees Orange gladiolas
Dark red carnations Purple agapanthus
Wish it were my garden
Ha Ha Ha
Ring around the toilet bowl
Public tra la la
Buddha with his arms raised
Laughin' at me
Jesus on his golden cloud
Tee Hee Hee
Darn if God ain't busy
Patching pearly gates
Forgot about my miracle
Guess I gotta wait
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Shirt Off His Back
The weather here has been more October than High Summer,,,Gorgeous by the lake, turtles, osprey, red-headed woodpeckers, the graceful stately white swan. But it has been bloody cold in the mornings. So I was scrounging around for a hoodie because when I left the most boring town in the universe I had packed all my winter away thinking, hey it is shorts and flip-flops!!
So I met a sweet man, a Christian who walks the walk, talks the Bible and Jesus but truly emulates Christ: doesn't just pay a phony holy roller lipservice. I know HR's --I have lived with quite a few since I lost G and a real home and have been on the carousel of twisted stranger roommates....
Anyway, this man came across my path. And I could not find a hoodie and he said I wil give you mine, and He took off his gorgeous white LOVE hoodie and gave it to me.
The hoodie was from Hume Lake in the Sierras and has a special meaning attached to it. A young Christian man who believed most strongly in the Lord had leukemia off and on for his entire childhood complete with bone marrow transplants etc. And so he finally said enough with these painful treatments that are not inevitably working and decided to travel around, in his early 20s witnessing for Christ. His friends and family raised $$$$ for him and apparently sold this lovely LOVE hoodie to generate funds for his travels. The young man did go around witnessing in his final part of life, sadly he did succomb to his deathly leukemia. So it is a special special hoodie for me and I will cherish it always. Thank you to Luke and to the young man Clayton who courageously battled cancer. Thank you for your sweet and Christlike spirits.
So I met a sweet man, a Christian who walks the walk, talks the Bible and Jesus but truly emulates Christ: doesn't just pay a phony holy roller lipservice. I know HR's --I have lived with quite a few since I lost G and a real home and have been on the carousel of twisted stranger roommates....
Anyway, this man came across my path. And I could not find a hoodie and he said I wil give you mine, and He took off his gorgeous white LOVE hoodie and gave it to me.
The hoodie was from Hume Lake in the Sierras and has a special meaning attached to it. A young Christian man who believed most strongly in the Lord had leukemia off and on for his entire childhood complete with bone marrow transplants etc. And so he finally said enough with these painful treatments that are not inevitably working and decided to travel around, in his early 20s witnessing for Christ. His friends and family raised $$$$ for him and apparently sold this lovely LOVE hoodie to generate funds for his travels. The young man did go around witnessing in his final part of life, sadly he did succomb to his deathly leukemia. So it is a special special hoodie for me and I will cherish it always. Thank you to Luke and to the young man Clayton who courageously battled cancer. Thank you for your sweet and Christlike spirits.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Bed bugs, Emus, and flakes- O My!
Hi y'all, Been around this block before, done wanna do it no more....
I went to the Island of Isla Vista recently to check out some rent/trade situations: I posted for gardening, tutoring, pet- sitting in exchange for a room till I begin teaching in the fall. So I met an old broad who was sweet and tuff and owned outright 3 acres with avos, citrus trees, stone fruit, flowers, and a lovely German Shepherd whom I bonded with immediately. "You're good with animals," she told me----She took me around the property outlining what "gardening" she wanted for the trade. When we sat in a bench in the sun, and she asked, "well how do you feel about chainsaws?" I knew this was not going to be a situation that was gonna work... Pruning twenty avo trees Gee, I think that would be specialized work for an arborist or an orchardist...
The second gal wanted me to assist with "Uncle" who has a little dementia. She and hubby took me and Uncle to the July 4th parade in Santa Barbara (Neat!) and out to eat at Scarpuccis (I was so sick the next day...) afterward. Me and Uncle really hit it off, but lady was not happy when he suggested I sit on his lap for the ride home. Bless his 80 year old heart! He still has an eye for beauty (Thank you, thank you very much). Anyway I received this glowing email----- oh hadn't it been fun, they all really liked me, she felt so comfortable around me and get this last line "It will happen" as in yes , I am going to get a new place to live!! Three days later I heard on my cell uncle had worsened, they were putting him in a home, and hey! they would not be needing me after all,,,,,Never get your hopes all the way up is what I say.
The last rent exchange situation was a man from Iran living in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley ---HIS post said: free rent in exchange for household duties and light office work on HIS 8 acre ranch ---so I drove all the way out there. OMG,,, Two ostriches, 8 emus, 2 miniature horses, and a flock of friggin chickens later I was on the road back north---gee dude you need to learn how to write an honest ad, like house and officework PLUS feeding 2 (and they are very very tall) ostriches, 8 emus, 2 miniature horses etc.
So my money is dribbling away, 4 situations crashed and burned, it was nice to get away on a little vacation, but now I am Officially Homeless yuck, bed bugs, army cots, cigarette smokers, and few crumbs of hope...Pray for me people-- I need a big time miracle!!!!! Yours, wayward sub...
And a big hale and hearty Thank you to Jimmy and Amanda two Cal Poly students.
I went to the Island of Isla Vista recently to check out some rent/trade situations: I posted for gardening, tutoring, pet- sitting in exchange for a room till I begin teaching in the fall. So I met an old broad who was sweet and tuff and owned outright 3 acres with avos, citrus trees, stone fruit, flowers, and a lovely German Shepherd whom I bonded with immediately. "You're good with animals," she told me----She took me around the property outlining what "gardening" she wanted for the trade. When we sat in a bench in the sun, and she asked, "well how do you feel about chainsaws?" I knew this was not going to be a situation that was gonna work... Pruning twenty avo trees Gee, I think that would be specialized work for an arborist or an orchardist...
The second gal wanted me to assist with "Uncle" who has a little dementia. She and hubby took me and Uncle to the July 4th parade in Santa Barbara (Neat!) and out to eat at Scarpuccis (I was so sick the next day...) afterward. Me and Uncle really hit it off, but lady was not happy when he suggested I sit on his lap for the ride home. Bless his 80 year old heart! He still has an eye for beauty (Thank you, thank you very much). Anyway I received this glowing email----- oh hadn't it been fun, they all really liked me, she felt so comfortable around me and get this last line "It will happen" as in yes , I am going to get a new place to live!! Three days later I heard on my cell uncle had worsened, they were putting him in a home, and hey! they would not be needing me after all,,,,,Never get your hopes all the way up is what I say.
The last rent exchange situation was a man from Iran living in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley ---HIS post said: free rent in exchange for household duties and light office work on HIS 8 acre ranch ---so I drove all the way out there. OMG,,, Two ostriches, 8 emus, 2 miniature horses, and a flock of friggin chickens later I was on the road back north---gee dude you need to learn how to write an honest ad, like house and officework PLUS feeding 2 (and they are very very tall) ostriches, 8 emus, 2 miniature horses etc.
So my money is dribbling away, 4 situations crashed and burned, it was nice to get away on a little vacation, but now I am Officially Homeless yuck, bed bugs, army cots, cigarette smokers, and few crumbs of hope...Pray for me people-- I need a big time miracle!!!!! Yours, wayward sub...
And a big hale and hearty Thank you to Jimmy and Amanda two Cal Poly students.
Monday, July 11, 2011
New Nursery Rhymes for Same Ole Sub Summer
Hey diddle diddle a flake in the middle rich asses over the moon
The little sub grinned to see the new shelter- and the creep ran away with the fool.
No good deed goes unpunished
Conversation with God is on hold till a miracle occurs.
Ashes, ashes we all fall down
Except all the flakes, lowlifes, schemers, and liars
Except all the backstabbers, prune faced do goodies, and holy rollers,
They all get 40 acres and a mule
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of a homeless shelter.
Subbie, subbie quite contrary
How doesn't your garden grow?
No money trees, no subsidies, no pretty paychecks all in a row
The little sub grinned to see the new shelter- and the creep ran away with the fool.
No good deed goes unpunished
Conversation with God is on hold till a miracle occurs.
Ashes, ashes we all fall down
Except all the flakes, lowlifes, schemers, and liars
Except all the backstabbers, prune faced do goodies, and holy rollers,
They all get 40 acres and a mule
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of a homeless shelter.
Subbie, subbie quite contrary
How doesn't your garden grow?
No money trees, no subsidies, no pretty paychecks all in a row
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