Homelessness ~ 1
I see the beauty in everyone, so I live in a world filled with beautiful people. —DBP The woman above is “Betty Zen.” I met her at the Nickelsville homeless encampment in Seattle in the summer of 2012....
View ArticleThe Mick Heard Round the World (1)
Hey-yah! Have y’all met mah man Mike Sweeney? I’m telling ya, this guy is all about White Center! Usually ya hear Mike before ya see him. In fact, he’s got so much . . . er . . . presence, I … Continue...
View ArticleNickelsville: The Gift That Keeps on Taking
The people who support Nickelsville—and when I say people, I mean SHARE—are fond of saying that homelessness is an entirely socioeconomic problem and that they are the ones trying to solve that...
View ArticleWhite Center: More bars in more places
See this place? Papa’s. Papa’s was raided by the Feds for weapons narcotics and shut down over two years ago. But Google doesn’t update its “street view” photos very often, so Papa’s is still there on...
View Articleppl (12.18.13)
ppl is an ongoing series of posts about the post-Nickelsville clean-up. Nickelsville is an illegal squatters camp –now three separate camps – that was evicted from the Highland Park neighborhood of...
View ArticleHomeless Are Taking Over (Literally)
A recent story from the Seattle Times illustrates the mess a city can get into when it tries to be nice and doesn’t ask too many questions. Take homelessness for example. In spite of all our...
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