Dear Anonymous,
Friends this morning holding a fresh copy of the July 2020 edition of MAINERNEWS featuring excerpts from TRANSIENCE BOOK II, a memoir about homeless existence here in Maine by Kenneth W Beek. You can pick up a copy free all over town and please do. Kenny's writing is insightful, rich, honest, humorous and spot on. I am honored to have my images of Kenny used on the cover and throughout the article. They were taken on a morning like this, only it was cold. And Kenny's good pal Joe Blaze threw an arm around Kenny and asked 'Would ya' take a picture of me and my best friend?' Kenny, having trouble focusing his eyes and stumbling and slurring his words a bit offered this unforgettable comment: 'I'm not on the street 'cuz I drink. I drink cuz' I'm on the streets.'
And that, for me, was a tipping point.
Thanks Kenneth W Beek.
https://mainernews.com/category/views/transience/