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In This Issue

Homeless Home Art ShowAwareness Spotlight

Joanna’s CornerLife On The Other Side

The Basho Poem Generatoras Curated

Thrifty Living

Love All Humans

Awareness Spotlight

Homeless Home Art Show

On Saturday, January 18, 2014, you can experience a MFAPhoto Show of how homeless individuals live their day today lives in Madison, WI.

The event will have live music, food and featured speakersMichael Johnson, Heidi Mayree Wegleitner and also featur-ing a published poem, “My Cardboard Home” read by author,CE Monroe Klopp.

This is a Fundraiser for Friends of the State Street Familyand awareness Raiser for the City of Madison

Admission is free but a donation of $25 is suggested howev-er, all are welcome to come regardless of pay.

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Awareness Spotlight

Love Beyond Walls

In Atlanta a few years ago, there wasthis wonderful and giving couple, Ter-ence and Cecilia. They gathered a lot ofused clothing and shoes and stuffedthem in black trash bags with one goal inmind: helping someone in need.

Not knowing exactly where they wantedto go, they found themselves in the heartof Downtown Atlanta on Auburn Avenuewhere they met a homeless woman.

“Do you know anyone who needs clothesor shoes?” they asked her.

The lady immediately responded, “Ofcourse, I need some right now!” Whenthis warm-hearted lady rummagedthrough the two bags, she came acrossa pair of black shoes, and started jump-ing up and down with excitement. “I justprayed for a pair of shoes last night, andGod answered.”

This wonderful couple had a mission thatnight: to find people living on the streets,love on them and give away the items theywere not using anymore. But that night,with one look, an amazing organizationwas born. Love Beyond Walls is aboutraising awareness of societal needs andmobilizing people to take part in thosestories. Thus, Love Beyond Walls has be-come a reality.

You can participate by subscribing, givingand Liking them on Facebook. Start by vis-iting their website.

http://lovebeyondwalls.org

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Joanna’s Corner by Joanna

Ballard Louisiana Storyteller

Happy Mardi Gras/Carnival from Louisiana! Carnival hasofficially begun here, it begins January 6 which is thetwelfth (and last) day of Christmas and Twelfth Night,” isthe official start of Carnival season. Carnival season lastsuntil Fat Tuesday, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesdaythe beginning of Lent.

My earliest memories of carnival are of King Cakes, inwhich what is now just a plastic baby in the cake, if youget the slice with the baby you have to bring the king caketo the next party, I remember other things like thimblesbaked in the cake. They are good tasty and a FUN part ofthe carnival season here is a part of what Wikipedia saysabout Gulf Coast king cakes

"Gulf Coast King Cakes”

In the southern United States, the tradition was brought tothe area by colonists from France and Spain and is asso-ciated with Carnival (also known as Mardi Gras). Cele-brated across the Gulf Coast region from the FloridaPanhandle to East Texas, it originated in French Louisi-ana and King cake parties in New Orleans are document-ed back to the eighteenth century.

The king cake of the Louisiana tradition comes in a num-ber of styles. The most simple, said to be the most tradi-tional, is a ring of twisted cinnamon roll-style breadtopped with icing or sugar, usually colored purple, green,and gold (the traditional Mardi Gras colors) with food col-oring. In 1972, a small bakery in Picayune, Mississippi,Paul's Pastry, started adding fillings to king cakes - themost common being cream cheese, praline, cinnamon, orstrawberry. A so-called "Zulu King Cake" has chocolateicing with a coconut filling, because the Krewe of Zulu pa-rade's most celebrated throw is a coconut."

I found a simple recipe on line for those of you not in anarea where carnival is celebrated the online address forthe recipe is below it Enjoy and Happy Mardi Gras y'all!Easy Mardi Gras King Cake

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 12 servings 3 (14 ounce) cans refrigerated sweet roll dough 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans creamy vanilla ready-to-spreadfrosting

1/4 cup milk 2 drops green food coloring 2 drops yellow food coloring 1 drop red food coloring 1 drop blue food coloring

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Greasea baking sheet.Open the cans of sweet roll dough and unroll the doughfrom each can into 3 strands. Working on a clean surface,place 3 dough strands side by side and gather them to-gether to make one large strand. Fold this in half, and rollslightly to make a fat log. Repeat steps with the remainingdough. Place each log on the prepared baking sheet andshape to make a ring, overlapping the ends and pinchingthem together to make a complete circle. Pat the doughinto shape as necessary to make the ring even in size allthe way around. Cover loosely with foil.Bake in preheated oven until firm to the touch and goldenbrown, 50 to 60 minutes. Check often for doneness so thering doesn't overbake. Place on a wire rack and cool com-pletely.

Place the cake ring on a serving plate. Cut a slit along theinside of the ring and insert a small plastic baby, pushingit far enough into the cake to be hidden from view.Divide the frosting evenly between 4 bowls. Stir 1 table-spoon of milk into each bowl to thin the frosting. Use thefrosting in one bowl to drizzle over the cooled cake. Tothe remaining three bowls of frosting, stir yellow food col-oring into one and green into another. Stir the red andblue food colorings together with the frosting in a thirdbowl to make purple frosting. Drizzle the cake with yellow,green, and purple frostings in any desired pattern. Dustthe cake with multi-colored sprinkles and decorate withbeads, additional plastic babies, curly ribbon, and otherfestive trinkets.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/super-easy-mardi-gras-king-cake/

Mardi Gras Season

Has Begun!

Life on the Other Side

Justin Rodriguez

Life On The Other Side

It's good to finally be starting anew. Be-ing homeless in Washington, DC wasone of the worst experiences of my life.Most people looked down upon me like Iwas trash, including many some whoworked at nonprofits that serve thehomeless. Sexual harassment and beingharassed by police were constant occur-rences. Even some of my own friendsdoubted that I would ever do better, andwould imply that my homelessness was aresult of me not working hard enough. Tomake matters worse, the cost of livingthere was way to high. Looking for goodpaying work was a problem too. Despitehaving nearly 5 years of experience serv-ing my fellow poor and homeless people,most nonprofits wouldn't hire me be-cause I lacked a bachelors degree. Toomany times I watched how all of mywhite middle class college friends couldget any job they wanted, while I wouldconstantly search for work.

It was also hard to be a transgender per-son of color there too. I had to spend mytime hiding the fact that I was transgen-der for fear of being attacked like somany openly trans* people of color inWashington, DC. I felt like I was walkingdown an endless and featureless road toabsolutely nowhere.

But I decided to take a major risk. I leftfor Seattle. The cost of living here ismuch lower and employers are moreconcerned with experience as opposed

to college degrees. Also the people hereare much friendlier. Everyone doesn'tlook at me like I'm a piece of trash, and Ihaven't been harassed yet. People hereseem to be more excepting of differencestoo. I get to be around more down toearth working class and homeless whitepeople who understand what it means towork hard, yet still have nothing. Also theethnic diversity here is amazing. FromAfrican Americans, to Somalians, tothose of Vietnamese and Japanese de-cent, and Native Americans are all pres-ent in this one city. Like anywhere it isnot free from social ills, but it's much bet-ter than anywhere I have ever lived onthe East Coast.

Seattle has exceeded my expectationsso far. Right now I'm moving around alot, and looking for work that allows me toassist my fellow poor and homeless. Ialso feel that it will be safer here for meto embrace my genderqueer identityhere. Currently I am I the process of tran-sitioning, and looking for a communitythat is friendly to trans* folk of color likemyself.

I'm glad I made this choice, and I appre-ciate my loved ones who continue to sup-port my decision. Not a day goes by thatI don't think about everyone who hashelped me this far, as I begin the nextphase of my journey.

Thrifty Living by

Johnna Abdul Qader

Inexpensive Immune

System Pick Me Up

Do you have a cold, can’t stopsneezing? Does your chest hurt?Maybe you have pneumonia, may-be bronchitis or even anthrax poi-soning. Allergic to Penicillin?

This awesome immune system pickme up is great for all of the aboveand you can get it at the grocerystore.

Garlic is not just a superfood, it’santibacterial, antifungal, and helpsyour immune system naturally fightoff diseases such as strep. TheGarlic Information Center in Britainindicates that deadly anthrax ismost susceptible to garlic.

According to Koch and Lawson,Garlic: The Science and Therapeu-tic Application, 2nd edition, Williams& Wilkins, Baltimore 1996, the anti-biotic activity of one milligram of alli-cin, the active ingredient in garlic,equals 15 units of penicillin.

Freshly cut cloves of garlic is thebest because garlic has alliciin andthe best way to get this effect is toeat the garlic raw.

Throw it in some noodles, on sal-ads, in soups or eat a clove by it-self if you dare. Chop up the garlicwith tomatoes, onions, add basiland olive oil for a nice salad. Add itto hummus and eat with chips.

I like to add it to everything. I lovethe taste of garlic. Mix with honeyand lemon for sore throats. Addcayenne if you’re as bold as I am.

The Basho Poem Generator as

Curated by M Kelley

Those soft morningsAs the soul fades

ghosts possess meBeneath the ruinsAmid the crypts

In the arms of LoveIn the oak branches

Sorrow reignsOur muted winds

With brooding whispers

Mountain wondersAs I lie dying

obscure sufferings heal memoryYou hear sorrowful screams

I hear painful memories

I hear pained thoughtsDreams in eternityNo god can feel

Among the lifeless moundsI hear whispering memories

divine sensationsWakes in sunriseMemory reigns

In the spirit of DeathWe touch sunset

I hear whispered screamsAmidst covering gloomThe bright ravens sing

Among our lifeless sepulchersThe night rends

I hear sorrowful screamsNo man has hear

autumn echoes fallPassionate words observe

The hands of memory

I hear whispering screamsMy heart breaks

I know peaceWe know whisperings

In mournful spirits

Starlit branchesAtop the soundless mausoleums

joys forget dawnIn the soul of MemoryThe universe rends

Michael Kelley is a 20-somethingmultimedia abstract artist and writerwho struggles with mental illness.His work is often the expression ofhow the world looks through theeyes of autism and bipolar disorder.By day he is a freelance writer andby night he writes the code for apoem generator.

You can contact him about purchas-ing art/stories atmkelleywords@gmail.comor at his Fiverrhttp://fiverr.com/lepetitartist