Love is in bloom again as February 14th brings its festive array of heart-shaped décor and candy aimed at showing your loved one how much you really care. Stories of romance enduring great odds are amazing to hear about on the street where it is presumed to be harder to make love last.

Over 70 years ago, a remarkable generation of Americans joined forces to protect civilization in the largest war in human history. Most were just boys when they enlisted.

Peace on earth and good will to all! May this time of year give you hope and courage that the light will come back!

Happy Thanksgiving! Homer is now educating at the Manchaca Branch Library. Then he’ll fly to Pleasant Hill. Read Homer’s demands on page 12.

Aside from being judged by the shallow, ignorant and blind, think about this a bit: who would be scared to hire anyone who puts homeless on a job application as a unique and extreme educational experience? It is more real than school, any school. This is fact, and not opinion.

COMMUNITY FIRST! VILLAGE IS OPEN I visited my friends there at Mobile Loaves and Fishes model community. They had recently moved into new canvas tents. Rent is $220/mo all bills paid. There’s Wi-Fi too. The air about the place was still 102’, but so cool at how new people were moving in next to each other and all feeling the warm welcoming air of this tiny home village.

RUNNING AGAINST DRIVING DRUNK IN AUSTIN Our story begins during the Summer of 2011, on the pristine Pacific Northwest island of Bainbridge. Jackson Stewart
was enjoying his brief summer after graduating from Bainbridge High in June 2011. His future was bright: he accepted a scholarship to the University of Colorado, the Boulder college where he could delve into a science-focused curriculum while also continuing his pursuit of becoming an accomplished skier. That summer Jackson’s time was spent mainly partying and dishwashing.

60TH ISSUE June 11, 2016 Please research anything about today’s mental health … here’s an example: Sophia King shot by APD for waving a butter knife June 11, 2002. The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King: http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2002-08-02/99074. Read the timeline at: http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2002-08-02/99075. Special cake at Sophia’s Rose Garden Ceremony @Rosewood Apts Hosted by friends & family on the 14th anniversary of her death.

On Thursday May 12, 2016 Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Councilman Sabino “Pio” Renteria, along with Staff and Supporters, welcomed Homer the Goose to City Hall. The event included Homer receiving a permanent 36”x36”x48” display case that will make Homer’s Homeless education road show possible.