Good Morning Friends...

So... are we all sliding into winter gracefully on this, the very first day of November? Sliding and graceful...describes me to a tea :) So I made my trip (not even a block away really) over to Fred Meyer before my coffee....before I even had the sleepies out of my eyes actually...and I got my rent and 2 other bills all taken care of with two different money orders...I LOVE BILL DAY because I didn't have any for so very, very long and it is a sure sign I continue to take care of me... On my way out of the store there was this beautiful woman who looked a bit ragged and like she just woke up (and yes, to me that is simple beauty) and she decided, because i simply said 'you look so beautiful with the sun shining down on your gorgeous red hair' she decided to tell me about her week and Lord....I have had a rip~roaring deeply feeling/healing emotional last couple of days and yet...this woman when she was sharing that the bank literally made her move out of her house Wednesday because it was going up for sale my hurt sunk to my toes.. There is no place in this beautiful oceanside community for homeless people, even when they become homeless based upon bank foreclosures....she had no where to go...and my heart moved... it, for most of us, isn't a matter of 'get a job and life will be well'...that is a bandaid that the government and most people who don't want to recognize the epidemic slap on it to make it go away in there minds... I can never run away from homelessness....and on the way to and from the store there was a man holding a sign...i did't read it because i was too busy looking into his eyes as I said 'hello.' You would have thought I had offered him gold or something the way he smiled at me...I left knowing there was a deeper connection between him and i that what everyone saw... I was homeless for 24 out of my 50 years of life...I do not come from a spiritual or moral hilltop I come from the unique perspective of really caring about the people behind the dirty clothes and unclean bodies...to be able to express love through a hello or a handshake or even a smile alters my mood and my perspective daily and I am so grateful for the path that i have been on... God of the whole fucking Universe...please take care of Caroline & the gentleman on the corner...continue loving us in spite of our conditions and outside circumstances. I love you dude. This photo is what it looks like in my hood today...or rather it did on my walk this morning. Now...not so much...it is the Coast after all :) I love the golden leaves against the bright blue sky... Love & Grace.

(c)THOMM PS...now it is even raining :)