BLOG ENTRY #1 ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING

It's time for a change.  Again.  Years ago, I thought I would create a blog designed to find resources for the hungry and the homeless.  I failed miserably.   There was more work to it than I originally expected.  I thought it would be easy to gather information on soup kitchens, homeless shelters and other resources, and I was wrong.   Additionally, I thought that I could just list places and people would be able to follow up on them.  Most importantly, I never fully thought out the dynamics of being homeless in the first place.  

I have never been homeless.  I know people who were.  I still know folks who are.  Years ago, I didn't  understand that a part of the problem is mental illness and a part of the problem is that the powers that be don't want a change.  Ultimately, someone needs to make money for homelessness to be eradicated.   Individual donations and groups will help like taking an aspirin for a headache. It will help with the symptoms.  It won't come close to being a cure.  Realistically, the way you start eradicating homelessness is to combine private and public help.    Maybe start with government owned buildings to house people, mixed with one set of programs designed to assist people who just need to get on their feet.  Another set of programs would assist people with drug and/or mental health issues.  That is just the tip of the iceberg.    You can't make a profit off that though, which is probably why it hasn't been done.  In any case, placing the locations of shelters and soup kitchens and pantries were cute ideas with no practical way of helping.'

From now on, I am just going to write and post my photos.  That's the other thing...why have two blogs when I can post everything on one?  From now on, everything goes on one blog.  And I will post anything I feel.  And no essays.  Just whatever I am feeling.