Support My Return to Housing
Support My Return to Housing
Among the many things people don’t understand about my homelessness is my reluctance to meet. Here is some context, in the most simple terms. I am in dire need of financial help. That is an unavoidable truth of my circumstances.…
New Campaign. I’ve started a new GoFundMe. Find it here. The target amount is set at $10,000. Why reset a fundraiser? My original GoFundMe campaign was in operation for two years. It stalled at just over $3000. All of those…
Coming Soon! For those who have taken an interest in my struggle, the work I create, and/or the writing I’ve done — something new! While the timeline remains uncertain (I’m homeless, you know), I will soon be opening a shop.…
Stereotype + Mythology If poverty is a tight-rope walk, homelessness is a tight-rope walk in a hurricane while juggling chainsaws, blindfolded. Frugality, poverty, struggle, these are circumstances a lot of successful people are conversant with. The immigrant story. The refugee…
Just a pre-holiday note to remind you what this site is for. Convenient link to the GoFundMe below. Yes! I Will Donate! When you’re homeless, everything is both urgent and inevitable. That contradiction is a spirit-killing moment in time, always…
March 2022 NOTE: This text was written in late 2021, before inflation began to rise. My food costs have, as of March 28, 2022, increased 30%. My income, which as a homeless person is all of $343 monthly, is not…
Highlights first, then some detail. Fundraiser is active and I need your help. All donors are welcome. My fundraising goal, when I started this process, was about $35,000. That figure represented one year’s security, housed, off the street. The dollar…
(March, 2022 – Additional update on text. All donors are now welcome. Things are pretty grim.) York U (etc.) UPDATE: I’ve looked at the resources listed at the York U website and found a couple of bright spots (though not…