OCTOBER 20, 2023 ON MY CORNER ASK YOUR VENDOR What is your favorite comfort food? Spaghetti. — Paula Anderson, #157 Goat’s milk and goat cheese. — Ken Parks, #490 Reese's Cup ice cream, microwaved for 30 seconds. — James Manning, #16 A big, barbecue rib. — Pony Bush, #305 I call it “Almost Egg Foo Young.” Seven poached eggs with fried rice, onions, peppers, garlic and brown gravy. — Glen Page, #407 Warm milk. — Jane Reilly, #611 Mexican food. — Roberto Isla Caballero, #347 Actually, I never eat for comfort, I usually just have a cigarette. — Teresa Basham, #570 Garlic salads. Lentil soup, pinto soup. — Juliano Sanchez, #174 Calder's chocolate milk. I could live off it. — Terri Demar, #322 Chili and cornbread. My favorite, favorite though is Ben and Jerry's Half Baked ice cream. — Jamie Cameron, #612 Asking a chef what he likes to eat ... tough call ... but crab legs and butter. — Justen White, #543 Twizzlers. — Joe Woods, #103 Cookies and milk. — Mike Jones, #113 Hot dogs. — Denise Shearer, #485 Apple cider with apple pie. — Cindy Gere, #279 Ceaser salad. — Derek Allen, #177 BEVERLY BOSS Groundcover vendor No. 583 Groundcover News has been there for me since I’ve been homeless — to hold my head high, to feel These are some of the songs that I love to listen to because they soothe me. I like the song “Make Someone Happy” by Della Reese because it is a true song — when we make someone else happy, we are happy, too. And it feels good to be a blessing to someone else. Another song I like is “Mystery Lady” by Billy Ocean. It’s a fun song and it has a good sound to it and he tells her she's a mystery but a good woman at the same time. I also like the song “Lady You Are” by One Way because he tells her he appreciates the lady she is and all the good things about her. I like the song “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” by Belinda Carlisle, too. GROUNDCOVER NEWS Music that is soothing to me I also like the song “What the World Needs Now Is Love” by Jackie DeShannon because it is a true song no matter what year we’re in. I like “I Like To Live The Love” by CINDY GERE Groundcover vendor No. 279 B.B. King because its a fun and good song. I like the song “Baby Face” by Little Richard because it's a fun, loving, cute song. I like the Christmas song called I like it because it is good to imagine heaven right here on earth. I like both versions of “Joy to the World” — the Christmas version and the “Joy to the World” that is a rock song because they both talk about happiness and good times. “Santa Baby” because I like to imagine getting everything I want all year-round from Santa and Secret Santa parties. I like the song “It’s A Miracle” by Culture Club because I like it when miracles happen. 3 Why I love Groundcover better about myself, to be able to provide food and help with the costs to just live. I was struggling and I still struggle. While homeless it feels good to work and make money — not begging others for food. Groundcover has given me a job to support myself. I don’t have to steal and I can pick my hours to work. Groundcover helps veterans, who I love. They need our support the most. They fought for us. Groundcover has not given up on any of us, no matter our background. Groundcover has taught us to be consistent and it gives us hope back into our lives. Groundcover gives us a way and place to warm up, help others, get new friends and work on helping others who feel helpless. We make a way to eat and put a roof over our heads! I appreciate my customers; people need people! We reach out and they reach out which is awesome. Reaching out is a beautiful thing! Lindsay, Ben and others are truly angels. That’s why vendor 583 is happy to be a Groundcover vendor! Love, Beverly Boss From the desk of Panda: Let the peace flow When I was a little girl back in the 1970s, war was still raging. I remember hearing “war is war,” and asking adults at the time, “What is war?” Being so young I did not understand. I looked around me; there was no war going on. The person told me war is fighting from two separate sides and when lots of people die. Right then, I chose to seek peace forever. I decided to find a way to be peaceful, whether it was doing karate or walking in the Arboretum, following a butterfly. Drawing nature CINDY GERE Groundcover vendor No. 279 images. Meditation. Or dancing to my favorite song. I decided to create peace, wherever I went, to now, today. What I discerned about life is: that peace is a way of the mind, heart and soul. Peace is a state of mind. One must choose to be at peace and nothing else. In this, you create peace in the soul. You won’t even want to let go. Peace becomes a true way of life. One human at a time, we let go of hate, rage and anger. Let the peace flow to help end all wars, for it truly starts with one person at a time.
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