1960s, California, Cheap wine, Church, Exploitation, Flower Children, Freeloaders, Hippies, Hollywood, Homeless, Los Angeles, Poverty, Uncategorized, Victorian homes, Wild parties

BUT THEN – THE LEGENDARY PARTY!!

BUT THEN – THE LEGENDARY PARTY!! PART 6 OF A SERIES - STORIES FROM A LIFE © PJ Hayward, New York 2008 First Published 2008 by Hold On Publications Revised © PJ Hayward New York 2013 Now, being homeless wasn’t such a bad or unusual thing for young people in California in those days because… Continue reading BUT THEN – THE LEGENDARY PARTY!!

1960s, California, Flower Children, Hippies, Homeless, Hunger, Juvenile delinquent, Los Angeles, Spiritualism, Uncategorized

HOMELESS

HOMELESS PART 5 OF A SERIES - STORIES FROM A LIFE © PJ Hayward, New York 2008 First Published 2008 by Hold On Publications Revised © PJ Hayward New York 2013 Jess and Peggy were both members of our church and they brought us over to the L.A. Office to introduce us around. The L.A.… Continue reading HOMELESS

Homeless, Hunger, Inequality, Injustice, Poetry, Poverty

STREET DUST

© PJ Hayward, New York 1981 Street Dust They stand Huddled in the doorways Crouching in the corners... The crusts of their lives Their only blanket..... The children stand Shivering among the boxes and bags... Their thin hands reaching out From within their withered shirts...... They are the poor, The homeless… Numbered in the land… Continue reading STREET DUST