Creative meals

For some reason all the food banks have been pretty short on the donations this past month. Even between the three of us there will have to be some creative cooking to make it through the week. But for 2 or 3 days we will be doing OK.

Ben and Cindy, who have just arrived from San Francisco, don't care for the Texas heat. Even though they are both from Ft Worth, they have been away long enough that they miss California. At least the camp is shady all day and the creek is nearby to cool off in. Today though we are hanging out at the library keeping cool.

Benny and Cindy have been away from Texas for a couple of years so they want to go to "tramp day" on Lancaster Ave. Saturday to see some of their old friends. Most of the activity centers around Unity Park but there are a few other places nearby where different churches and other groups set up to give out meals, clothes and hygiene kits to the homeless people who show up. I don't normally go out there on Saturday mornings. In fact I have not gone in over a year. It's just too much of an effort dealing with the crowd sometimes.

Truthfully, I don't go out to Lancaster Ave. near the shelters much at all. Many times it's just too depressing out there and I don't really have any reason to be there. There are too many people I don't need to see anymore, too many temptations and just no good reason to be there.