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 Yes, I used the term homeless in the title as opposed to other more PC terms.  After reading various articles and blogs, including an enlightening reminder by Joe Omundson at  https://medium.com/ecofrugality/stop-confusing-homeless-and-houseless-39b055d29ea3  , the terms homeless and living on the streets seem to be labels these musicians and artists I will write about this summer prefer.                   Glen Pops Freeman photo by Delores Fisher They have shared their stories about COVID 19, feeling invisible, how they spend their daily lives, the precious flow time spent on the streets, maintaining hope while facing pandemic dynamics, a humbling experience they are allowing me to share with you.                                                     I've written about gen eral  homelessness in San Diego California from different socio-political perspectives over the years in various blog posts(for a recent [for a recent post, see https://carpenoctum2.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-unh

Delores Fisher at San Diego Who Con 2021 (Photo permission by photographer) Convention season is starting here in San Diego California. Downtown stores, restaurants, art galleries, and conference rooms will serve thousands of in-person conventioneers this summer! Add to that the ZOOM workshops, breakout sessions, podcasts and webinars, and it almost seems ai if business is back to pre-COVID heights. ALMOST....but-we'll talk about that at a later date. One of the smaller conventions that has returned to in-person attendance and continues to expand is the San Diego Dr. Who Convention.   San Diego Who Con is really fun and informative for fans of hard science presentations as well as the soft and speculative. Anything that has to do with dimensional explorations, robots, and time travel for an Afrofuturist like me, has got to be fun. San Diego Who Con 2022 photo by delores fisher Of course, I still have Dalek issues and wow, this display really sent me thinking about future convention