72 Hours — An Open Invitation to Experience Homelessness in Kelowna.

Today I invited elected officials, BC Housing, and provincial leadership to spend 72 hours navigating homelessness in Kelowna using the same systems available to everyone else. The invitation remains open.

Opening a bottle of Advil should not be an obstacle course. Today it was.

The pain woke me up again. At first it was my hands. Then my wrists. Then my forearms. Then my elbows, shoulders and neck. By morning I was trying to figure out whether I could brush my teeth, open a …

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Paramedics respond near a North End shelter. The call itself is not the story. The story is how ordinary these moments have become alongside breweries, coffee shops, warehouses and daily life.

A few weeks ago I was housed. Now I’m carrying most of what I own in reusable bags, trying to figure out bathrooms, bus schedules, insulin supplies, charging cables, where to sit without being moved along, and whether I can …

Kelowna’s North End — breweries, fancy coffee, wine tasting, live music, overdoses — sometimes feels like a city arguing with itself. Read more »

This afternoon I stepped in. This evening, the immersion began. Not cinematic collapse.Not instant despair.Not the dramatic emotional freefall people comfortably imagine when they hear the word homeless. Just the strange psychological drift that happens when the word shelter stops …

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2026-05-21 — Oasis Inn — Kelowna, BC It was midnight at the Oasis. Not a metaphor.Not some old song lyric. Just me sitting poolside in Kelowna trying to figure out where I might sleep tomorrow night while the smell of …

Midnight at the Oasis – Parallel Courtyards: Rod on the Nod, Coach Mickey, and Tina the Snow Queen Read more »

There is a difference between camping and being cornered into survival shelter by economics. I already know how to survive outside. I just never expected to be planning for it again.

It was 6:17 AM on the last day I had a hotel room. By 11 AM, unless something changed, I would be checking out. The province had paid for two nights. My crisis support was complete. My file was closed. …

The Minimum Threshold for Dignity Read more »

Not relaxation. Nervous system management.

2026-05-20 — Oasis Inn Room 301 — Kelowna, BC The strange thing is:this crisis isn’t even prolonged yet. That’s part of what’s so psychologically disorienting about it. I went to the hospital on Tuesday. The temporary court stay protecting my …

Nobody Is Coming Read more »

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Update – July 6, 2026, 9:09 p.m. When I created this fundraiser, I was trying to avoid losing my home while navigating an active BC Supreme Court judicial review. Since then, that situation has changed. I ultimately lost my housing …

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