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Santa Claus Ain't Coming to Town
Asked to play Santa for a day, the actor in me asked, what's my motivation? Here's how I found it.
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Little Transformations
Not all the change in I saw in a family shelter preschool was of the hopey kind, but there was enough
Dec 9, 2025
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
But what if the heart gets broken to pieces?
Nov 30, 2025
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The Grassroots Index Doesn't Lie
The Mayor says unsheltered homelessness has been drastically reduced. The grass says otherwise.
Nov 17, 2025
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The Authenticity Paradox
Everything is fake now. We're gonna buy it anyway.
Nov 8, 2025
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Looking for Jobs
Aug 23, 2025
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The Small Ponds Pontiff
Apr 22, 2025
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Role Models for Creative Action
Jul 20, 2025
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Broken Chains of Command
Oct 19, 2025
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Broken Chains of Command
A homeless veteran with a snarling Chihuahua in his lap speaks his mind. He sounds a lot like Bernie Sanders.
Oct 19, 2025
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Insanity, Mastery, or Practice?
Doing the same thing over and over might only look like insanity.
Oct 13, 2025
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When an Invisible Man Sees Himself
Homelessness presents itself in abject public displays and sanitized success stories. But its most moving expressions occur in private.
Sep 22, 2025
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It's Cold Outside
But sometimes we need to shed our outer layers
Sep 11, 2025
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The Concept of Enough
What defines when enough is enough?
Sep 5, 2025
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About the Book
Read the Preface to Not So Far from Home: Owning Homelessness in My Own Backyard
Aug 26, 2025
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Slouching toward Amazon
Why doesn't America end homelessness?
Aug 25, 2025
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Looking for Jobs
They are everywhere, don't you see?
Aug 23, 2025
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Role Models for Creative Action
Creative community builders ask, what good thing won't happen unless we do it?
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