My last post attracted quite a bit of attention. I was offered a place to stay by two friends and as a result, I’m now off the streets and I hope to stay this way. Read the rest of this entry »

Here I am again, after another night under the stars. I was in the same area, where it was peaceful and quiet. I had a good sleep but woke up with a splitting headache. After a couple of Tylenol and some coffee, my headache calmed down. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, it’s done. Last night was my first experience in sleeping without a home and all went well, partly due to contacting my old friend Nadhia, who explained how things work in and around Victoria. Read the rest of this entry »

This morning I’d had all I could stand with the abusive landlords in Esquimalt and I moved out, straight into homelessness again. (More on this later.) I’d hoped to avert that, due to a chance meeting with a former girlfriend. She read my posts from a few days ago and suggested we pool our resources and find a place together. A great idea, but it didn’t work. Read the rest of this entry »

Today I’m going to write about traveling off the grid, something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, and especially in light of my current situation. It’s also because I like to travel between Canada and Mexico. One really annoying aspect of living in Victoria is dealing with the high cost of rent, so I’m sure you can see why living off the grid is appealing. Read the rest of this entry »

This post is the back-story to being homeless for a few hours, then running into a conflict and having to move again. The recurring theme in all of this is a single word: “Surrender.” When everything fell apart on the night of April 29th, the thoughts that kept going through my mind were: “I can’t do this anymore.” and “I can’t make my life work.” Since I knew I could no longer hold on, something inside me let go. Read the rest of this entry »

In this section, we’ll look at some pointers for developing a long-term, mutually satisfying and loving relationship.
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In this case, you’ll receive an email, with an amazing, bargain basement offer to some exotic destination, but you have to book it fast or it will expire in a day or two. If you decide to take advantage of the trip, you’ll find that on the surface it’s attractive, but one or more parts are vastly overpriced. Read the rest of this entry »

Since I need to find a new place to live, I’ve been looking at all sorts of rental ads. Most are legitimate, but some are actually a scam, designed to dupe the renter into forking over their money for a property they can’t even see. If you encounter this type of ad, avoid it like the plague and/or report it to the site owners (this type of fraud is rampant on Craigslist.)
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1:30 am. Sleepless again. And exhausted. Why? Because at dinner last night I found out I have to move by the end of the month. Read the rest of this entry »