Interesting day

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On last day of year they delivered a one paragraph letter terminating contract in sixty days and thanking us for our years of work and service.

Ah life is interesting.

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These things are signs that it is time to move on. My impression of you is that you undersand very well that the world is always full of opportunities. Maybe not to be richer than Bill Gates, maybe not where you live, but never the less opportunities to grow in different ways.

Somehow I do not feel sorry for you. What I feel is hope that the transition is not too difficult. I will look forward reading about your next role in life.

Remember what they say in Deaf Smith County, Texas (you are there when you go west from Amarillo to where there is nothing there except land that proves that Colombus was wrong - the earth is flat): chin up and tits into the wind.

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These things are signs that it is time to move on. My impression of you is that you undersand very well that the world is always full of opportunities. Maybe not to be richer than Bill Gates, maybe not where you live, but never the less opportunities to grow in different ways.

Somehow I do not feel sorry for you. What I feel is hope that the transition is not too difficult. I will look forward reading about your next role in life.

Remember what they say in Deaf Smith County, Texas (you are there when you go west from Amarillo to where there is nothing there except land that proves that Colombus was wrong - the earth is flat): chin up and tits into the wind.

The Old Order Changeth,yielding Place To New,and God Fulfills Himself In Many Ways,lest One Custom Should Corrupt The World. Alfred Lord Tennyson

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http://www2.uwkc.org/cech/success.asp

If any one is interested, here is a series of interviews with three of the residents I feed at one of our locations. Damn I am going to miss these people.

Kenneth Wiley—from homeless and hopeless to poet-in-residence

In the spring of 2009, a new sanctuary opened its doors to 56 chronically homeless men on Seattle's First Hill. The Frederic Ozanam House, built on land donated by the Seattle Archdiocese and funded in part by United Way of King County's Campaign to End Chronic Homelessness, offers permanent, supportive housing. Many of its residents have struggled for years with addiction, mental illness, and physical disabilities.

The fact that they now have a safe and clean corner of the universe to call home is almost unfathomable. In addition to private rooms with a bed, refrigerator, sink and toilet, the Ozanam House offers showers on each floor and common areas with computers and a pool table. Meals are served in a main dining room, and supportive services and 24-hour staffing ensure an environment that's conducive to peace, health and stability.

One of the first to move into the Ozanam House is also the community's poet-in-residence. 58-year-old Kenneth Wiley went from living in shelters and on the streets for years to a cozy and clean corner apartment on the fifth floor with sweeping views of downtown and the Puget Sound. He's quite content and shares all the things he loves about his new home: ...

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