Homeless but not helpless
You have to be crazy to be a writer. Fortunately, I’m well-qualified. When you’re a freelance writer, single, and mentally disordered, homelessness is an occupational hazard. This is a series of stories I wrote for InvisiblePeople.tv about my “lived experience” as a bipolar, chronically homeless person - and staff monitor in a homeless shelter. InvisiblePeople is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to disrupting the destructive stereotypes of homeless people. These stories and rants were designed to show that homelessness is way more widespread than just the lost souls - the Invisible People - you pretend you don’t see on the streets. We walk among you. We’re the hidden homeless people you see every day. We have jobs, families community commitments - and we’re homeless, but we keep that part secret. We live illegally in tents, cars, yurts, garages,outbuildings, trailers and RVs … because there is no damn affordable housing. Below are links to the stories I wrote for Invisible People.June 2019
My Secret Life of Homelessness
• Part one, Wake-up Call - June 9, 2019 • Part two, We Walk Among You - June 15, 2019 • Part three, Hot Shower, Cold Beer - June, 22, 2019July 2019
Atheist in the Foxhole - July 6, 2019 (The title is different on the site.) Rising from the Ashes • Part one, My Fall into Homelessness - July 13,2019 • Part two,Technically Homeless - July 20, 2019 • Part three, You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee - July 28, 2019August 2019
Homeless with Gratitude • Part one, Saved by Sophia - August 3, 2019 • Part two, Coming Out As Homeless - August 10, 2019 • Part three, On the Trail of a Trailer - August 17, 2019 • Part four, Attitude Adjustment - August 24, 2019 • Part Five, Homeless Sweet Homeless Home - August 31. 2019September 2019
The Stigma Blues: Homeless and Mentally Ill - September 21, 2019December 2019
Shelter Experiene Leaves Lasting Memories - December 12, 2019Homeless ... will work for food
You'll do anything that you gotta do when you're homeless.
- Guy Clark
Homeless but not helpless
You have to be crazy to be a writer. Fortunately, I’m well-qualified. When you’re a freelance writer, single, and mentally disordered, homelessness is an occupational hazard. This is a series of stories I wrote for InvisiblePeople.tv about my “lived experience” as a bipolar, chronically homeless person - and staff monitor in a homeless shelter. InvisiblePeople is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to disrupting the destructive stereotypes of homeless people. These stories and rants were designed to show that homelessness is way more widespread than just the lost souls - the Invisible People - you pretend you don’t see on the streets. We walk among you. We’re the hidden homeless people you see every day. We have jobs, families community commitments - and we’re homeless, but we keep that part secret. We live illegally in tents, cars, yurts, garages,outbuildings, trailers and RVs … because there is no damn affordable housing. Below are links to the stories I wrote for Invisible People.June 2019
My Secret Life of Homelessness
• Part one, Wake-up Call - June 9, 2019 • Part two, We Walk Among You - June 15, 2019 • Part three, Hot Shower, Cold Beer - June, 22, 2019July 2019
Atheist in the Foxhole - July 6, 2019 (The title is different on the site.) Rising from the Ashes • Part one, My Fall into Homelessness - July 13,2019 • Part two,Technically Homeless - July 20, 2019 • Part three, You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee - July 28, 2019August 2019
Homeless with Gratitude • Part one, Saved by Sophia - August 3, 2019 • Part two, Coming Out As Homeless - August 10, 2019 • Part three, On the Trail of a Trailer - August 17, 2019 • Part four, Attitude Adjustment - August 24, 2019 • Part Five, Homeless Sweet Homeless Home - August 31. 2019September 2019
The Stigma Blues: Homeless and Mentally Ill - September 21, 2019Homeless ... will work for food
You'll do anything that you gotta do when you're homeless.
Tom Durkin
multimedia writer-editor-photographer
