Saturday, January 01, 2011

53 - 50 - 51

Long Beach; Allentown, Pennsylvania; New Brunswick, New Jersey temperatures right now. The hottest places in the United States right now are in Florida, Miami and Orlando showing 77 degrees per online weather map. Bah humbug, I might just have to move to Florida.

This building is so cold and drafty. Moved space heater to the right of me, because of cold draft. Did not help much, now my left side is freezing and guess I better put the wool cap back on. Good news is, I am freezing indoors, not out on the streets. I feel for all Long Beach homeless who may have slept on cold concrete last night. So very hard to warm up after a night sidewalk sleeping, even when sun's heat appears.

Looks like that will not be for another 3 or 4 days. I am wondering how many of my homeless peers have died since I last saw them. Gilbert Grape, for instance. He was healthy. A non-drinker, non-smoker, a year younger than myself. Have not seen him in a very long time. Maybe he finally found affordable housing.

Living where I am now, do not get downtown much. When I do, I check out Lincoln Park for faces I know. Lots of new people there now-a-days. Do wish I could move closer to Broadway west of Cherry. Best time of my life living in that neighborhood. Miss it.

May your new year be filled with lots of love and good cheer. My wish for the year is a heated apartment with quiet neighbors. So tired of being controlled by the neighbors I have now.

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