SCENES FROM SOUTH BELOIT

So last Friday, I lost the place I was sleeping and had to find something else.  In desperation, I ended up taking a tiny apartment in the town of South Beloit, Illinois, just across Turtle Creek from Wisconsin.  It's time's like these that make a man wonder "How?", "Why?"

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THIS IS WHERE I LIVE NOW

So, after Florida, I headed north. I ran out of money and gumption in rural North Central Illinois. This is where I live now.

This is the front yard. I know what you're thinking-- "Oh, it's nice!"

This is my "office", where I pull off to the side of the road to make phone calls, the closest place to where I sleep that I have cell reception.

This is the truck stop.

This is the library, where I check emails, update this blog and otherwise kill time.

This is the WalMart, where I wander at night in search of people I can relate to. One time I talked to a guy about the Cubs.