#8

May 20 Freedom Parkway and Boulevard
I've often seen homeless people on this corner- it was the corner that inspired this project.

A rather 'hip'ly groomed man, about 40, was walking along the trodden grass as cars stopped at the light holding out an old Dunkin Donuts cup. Cars were backed up- it was noon, and I saw him in advance. I rolled down my window so when he got to me he'd stopped. I picked my phone off the passenger seat and placed the lunch there.

"Hi- I have a lunch if you haven't eaten yet," I offered. He hesitated, and looked around in my car, hoping, I assume, I'd have some cash instead. I gave him an out, saying something about maybe he'd already had lunch. "Yeah, thanks anyway, I'm not hungry, I already ate," he said. "Well Good luck," I replied and he walked off. I was sortof stunned for a second, and was about to roll up the window when he came back and said, 'Hey, I changed my mind. I could have it for dinner."

# 7

May 18 1-75 On ramp at Freedom Parkway

I was pulling up to the same on ramp where I'd given a lunch previously and saw a depressed looking young black man dejectedly holding a sign (not at an angle I could read). I rolled down my window as I'd only have a few seconds at the stop light (it's one of those 'one car per green' alternating lights that help ease traffic onto the highway). When I pulled up to him I offered the lunch and he perked up a bit and said "anything would help, especially food." I smiled, handed him the bag, and drove off.

I looked in my rear view mirror before I had to merge and observed him open the bag and then drop it rather umceremoniously on the ground. I'm not sure how to feel about that.