Tag Archives: Homeless

Thank God for the Insurance I Hate

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Callen Harty

Resting in a hospital bed in the middle of the night gives one a chance to ponder many things. Due to multiple heart conditions over the years, I have had time to do the standard processing that may come with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Americans, campaign gifts, cleaning people, colon cancer, colostomy bag, death, doctors, emergency room, health insurance, heart condition, Homeless, hospital, insurance, insurance plans, life, medicine, money, nurses, politicians, public health care, shareholders, surgeons, surgery, United States | Leave a comment

New Year’s Prayer

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Callen Harty

It seemed like virtually everyone in America was eagerly anticipating bringing in the New Year last night. The bulk of the year was taken up with the worst plague in modern history, More than 1.8 million people died worldwide from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2020, 2021, America, Black lives matter, Breonna Taylor, commitment, conspiracy theorists, cops, coronavirus, culture, Donald Trump, economic disparity, economy, election fraud, equity, faith, fascism, George Floyd, government, greed, hate, heroes, Homeless, hope, hungry, inauguration, Jacob Blake, loved ones, narcissist, nature, New Year, normal, plague, poor, power, pray, Presidency, protests, quaarantine, racism, understanding, unemployed, vaccine, wish, world citizens | 1 Comment

A Day in the Life of My America

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Callen Harty

Most days, even on the weekends when I don’t have to, I tend to wake up by 6:30 or 7:00. Today I was able to sleep in until about 7:30 or so, and then I was able to lounge in … Continue reading →

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The Lowlights of the Mike Pence Speech

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Callen Harty

Donald Trump scares me, but I’m even more frightened of the prospect of him becoming President and then not finishing out his term, as that would mean that his Vice-Presidential pick, Mike Pence, would move up to the highest … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Madison Mayor Paul Soglin

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Callen Harty

Dear Mayor Soglin, Let me start with a simple question: Who are you? What happened to the Paul Soglin I thought I knew? You just vetoed a unanimously passed amendment that would have added Madison’s homeless population as a protected … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anti-war protests, atheists, Channel 27, City County Building, compassion, Department of Civil Rights, elected representative, elite class, employment, Homeless, housing, hungry, liberal, Madison Mayor, Paul Soglin, protected class, public accommodations, radical, representative government, temporary shelter, understanding, Viet Nam | Leave a comment

I Am White

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Callen Harty

I am white. It is the circumstance of my birth. It is who I am and who I have always been. It is what it is. But it brings certain advantages for no reason other than the fact that my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged African-American, authority figures, black man, Carolina, civil rights, color, community, dominant culture, Ferguson, Grant County Wisconsin, Homeless, human family, men in blue, Michael Brown, person of color, police, poor, racism, white, white man | 2 Comments

Letter to the City-County Liaison Committee

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Callen Harty

To the members of the City-County Liaison Committee: I am unable to attend this evening’s committee meeting at which you will discuss Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposal to add a security guard to protect the City County Building and its employees … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Capitol, City County Building, City-County Liaison Committee, day shelter, Homeless, Library, Mayor Paul Soglin | 2 Comments

A day in Washington, DC

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Callen Harty

A day in Washington, DC If tears could water seeds, then gardens would grow from sorrow; and roses, perfect roses, peace roses, compassion flowers, would flower in every season. Like climbing plants refreshed by rain photos reach up to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Communist, DC, hair, Holocaust Museum, Homeless, Jew, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, poetry, Rick Reed, Roma, shoes, subway, Vietnam Veterans War Memorial, Washington | Leave a comment

After the Apocalypse

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Callen Harty

This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. –T. S. Eliot On the day the world was to have ended … Continue reading →

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In the Shelter of Each Other

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Callen Harty

“It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.”–Irish proverb Today the burden of our homeless brothers and sisters weighs heavily upon me. After hearing yesterday that dozens of police officers and parks department officials descended upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged City/County Building, communication, Dane County Human Services, dialogue, Dignity, foster, Homeless, Homelessness Issues Committee, Madison, Occupy Madison, Porchlight, respec | 2 Comments

Homeless in the Heartland

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Callen Harty

(published by forwardingseeking.com, 2/26/12) Let me state the obvious: Pretending a problem doesn’t exist doesn’t stop the problem; it only delays dealing with it. Yet there is something in us, or at least some of us, that causes us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Homeless, homelessness, Madison, Milwaukee, poverty, shelter, Wisconsin | 2 Comments