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Category: Homelessness
Six Fascinating Things about Today
That my beloved and beautiful dog Swirl just ripped open a plastic bag full of litter box leavings and ate the cat’s poop has affected, at least momentarily, my near worship of him as a once in a lifetime dog. Said dog was on… Continue Reading “Six Fascinating Things about Today”
Homeless with a Dog
If you were homeless and living with your dog in your car and the temperature was predicted to drop to zero, would you give up your dog to go into a shelter? Before you say, of course! think about it. *** You and the… Continue Reading “Homeless with a Dog”
Some Beautiful Eggs
What are the chances of this happening? I went to a favorite grocery store on the far south side of our town to buy eggs. I bought two cartons of eighteen eggs and another dozen which with two of the eggs in my refrigerator… Continue Reading “Some Beautiful Eggs”
The Wildness of Hair
A woman who had been living outside for a good while asked for help with her hair. The homeless outreach team from Street Angels knew her. They had brought her supplies and food for many months. But she had never talked about her hair… Continue Reading “The Wildness of Hair”
Say Hey Billy
A post from five years ago. We’ve lost touch. But I’ve not forgotten. I saw Billy tonight on homeless outreach. Billy and his friends pulled my older son from his burning car after an accident last year. There were five of us on the… Continue Reading “Say Hey Billy”
It’s 13 Degrees in Milwaukee
One of my father’s sayings was “you don’t have to say everything you know.” I know he said it to me more than once but now I’m wondering why. Certainly, for a long while, well, all the time I was growing up, he didn’t… Continue Reading “It’s 13 Degrees in Milwaukee”
Peeking Out from Under a Rock Friday Round-Up
Street Angels has its annual strategic planning sessions tomorrow morning. In the past year, Covid has weighed heavy on our team, hanging around our necks like tractor tires, making every part of our work a hundred times harder. But lugging those tractor tires around… Continue Reading “Peeking Out from Under a Rock Friday Round-Up”
Snow Angel
Trees, bushes, alleys New snow pressed flat by someone Gone looking for heat ____________________ Photo by Clay LeConey on Unsplash
Misgivings
We could hear the man yelling while we were in the elevator riding up from the first floor. He was loud and mad, fierce. We stopped at the second floor, my husband and I, and, as it works with old elevators in old buildings,… Continue Reading “Misgivings”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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