A FEW WORDS and THOUGHTS.....
I am a homeless hobo drifter, a nomad by choice. After a few years of exploration on the roads, meeting new
friends and buddies and exploring the possibility of settling into a serious intimate relationship
I have realized that there are far too many responsibilities and stresses
in maintaining an intimate or family relationship.
The guilt trips, manipulations, power struggles, other issues and responsibilities
create additional barriers to personal freedom, which for some can damper
happiness, tranquility and One's serenity.
During the last couple of months of 2006 my personal health took a life threatening
turn for the worse and I wound up in the hospital one more time.
End Stage Kidney Disease coupled with uremic poisoning and an extremely
high amount of potassium in my body also put me on the verge of a near death cardiac arrest.
Being hospitalized for 10 days I underwent two surgeries, dialysis every day, and
not being able to get out of that hospital bed for 8 of those days,
(think about having to have someone put a bedpan under you while you lay in bed,
someone having to bathe you, waiting for someone to come and
place THAT BEDPAN under you so you do not crap in your bed -
in short, being totally dependant on everyone),
well let me say that I was determined to get well.....and that I did!

Changes and modifications to my freedom were suddenly dampened
after I left the hospital. I moved back in with extended family and during the first
six months of 2007 I found myself going through two more surgeries
to correct a fistulla for dialysis and finally had the permacath removed which
allowed me to shower again (against sitting in a tub and having to take great care
not to get the permacath site wet or damp).
Dialysis three times a week for four hours a day, sitting still in a chair 12 hours a week
may not seem to be too much for most people. Getting dialysis needles stuck into
your access site 3 times a week is just a small part of the routine
(that's 6 needle/catheter jabs a week -
one takes the blood out and the other takes the washed blood back into you).
I'm not going to go into it any further but I just wanted to give you an idea
that having to perform dialysis is not my idea of living Life with quality.

Want you get past this page (and the next two "intro pages",
you will discover my thoughts, opinions and beliefs prior
to and during my embarking on the roads on motorcycles
between the years of 2001-2005.
I remained silent on certain personal issues during that time
and am expanding on some thoughts now.
I have shared just a part of my life within these pages
I have shared bits of my life with people whom I trust(ed)
in doing and allowing others to share themselves with me
I feel that I have been very blessed
I appreciate and love those of you who have cared,
shared and loved me back -
it is that love that has renewed my spirit.
Thank You!

That aside I also wish to make the following statements.....
Everyone has an opinion and has a right to do so!
I am Pro-Choice - you make your choices and you live with them!
Some might say that I have made some bad choices -
my response back to them is that I make choices
and I see my choices as all being good!
I worked hard over the years, paid taxes, still pay taxes
and still vote. I vote for whomever I feel is best qualified.
I chose to become homeless and in doing so became
illegal. Illegal in the sense that it is truly a crime in America
to be homeless. I won't go into that here - there's plenty of
information on the internet about the issues homeless people face.
Many are homeless because they have lost their jobs and no longer eligible
for the job market because they are over aged or over qualified, some are homeless
because of devastating illness and disease - many different events lead up
to people winding up on the street or living out of their cars.
The trend now is to out source jobs to other countries
to fire and then rehire at a lower wages and less benefits
hire people part time or just phase out jobs completely!
America has turned its back on its own people.
American capitalists, politicians and special interests
have spent far too much money on needless wars
and other "world causes" rather than taking care of America's own!
Democracy as we knew it is changing with our country
our rights and liberties are being taken away from us
and we continue to pay taxes - jeeeeeeeez
seems to me back a couple hundred years or so ago there was a tea party
where the issues were taxes, rights and liberties.

I still vote, still pay taxes and while I am "at large" continue to challenge authority
when I feel my basic rights and liberties are violated.
Most homeless people do not do that as they are intimidated by police.
Most homeless people give in and surrender as they feel there is no hope.
Most simply feel that society no longer cares about them.

I have not given up on the human spirit.
I refuse to do so.

Next time you see someone out there I ask
that you consider doing one simple thing
Look that person in the eyes and nod
acknowledge that they exist, maybe say hello
One simple gesture of saying "you are a person"
can make a difference to that person's spirit.

So here I am, six months later, getting ready for another journey
only this one is going to be a walkabout of sorts.....
Retiring those two wheels was a hard decision but
conserving that energy and using it to travel by
foot, train hopping, bus, air, hitching
along with a modified diet and
the support of Davita Dialysis customer service
the travel and dialysis and hiv and prostate
just cannot keep the old Dingo down for long!
Remember the old saying
"where there's a will there's a way"......

To Those Whose Wings I am Under.....
(You Know Who You Are)
There may be "a Dingo sighting"
In passing
In the local store
In the local bar
In the road
In the park
In the party
in the lake
in the woods
in the desert
in the moutains
As always, its for a few days and then I move on.....

No cell phone, no laptop,
email response very limited
SORRY its gotta be that way.....
(AND ITS DEPENDANT ON WHERE I AM AT - EXPECT DELAYS)

In Spirit & with Love
PEACE BE UPON YOU ALL & BLESSED BE
Dingo, July 2007
CONTACT FOR TRIBAL MEMBERS & EXTENDED FAMILY
dingomanusa@yahoo.com

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