Green Mountain Meandering Missives

Update regarding a previous blog post of mine, concerning homelessness and related matters, entitled Supreme Dilemma (p hoto: Person living unhoused outdoors resting on a bench in Montpelier, the capital city of Vermont; photo shared with the direct consent of the person pictured; image credit: Morgan W. Brown): On Friday (June 28, 2024), in a 6-3 decision, a majority of the US Supreme Court sided with Grants Pass, Oregon and against the plaintiffs, known as Johnson in the case, people living unhoused (aka homeless) outdoors, here (via SCOTUS blog; Independent news and analysis on the US Supreme Court). According to the National Homelessness Law Center, the US Supreme Court decision will make homelessness much worse and the law center demands real solutions to solving these and related matters, here . Meanwhile, closer to home, WPTZ -- Channel 5 TV -- News reported on the decision (via YouTube): WCAX -- Channel 3 TV -- News also reported on how the decision could impact Vermont, here

Recently, because I had mentioned to someone about my having been exhausted, they had asked me if I had ever heard of the seven spoons of energy (aka Spoon Theory ; via But You Don't Look Sick).  Had not heard about spoon theory previously and find it to be very interesting, particularly as it helps to describe and explain my own constant as well as ongoing struggles with lack of energy as well as exhaustion over the years, decades actually. The fact is, I have been experiencing a certain amount of exhaustion again of late, including currently. It seems that I've been using up my limited daily supply of spoons (of energy). Yet it's not merely the number of spoons available, but also the size of the spoon as well. More about spoon theory, here  and here (via Psychology Today ).

  Photo caption: Person living unhoused outdoors resting on a bench in Montpelier, the capital city of Vermont (photo shared with the direct consent of the person pictured). Image credit: Morgan W. Brown (circa: 11/2/2022) Anticipated to be handed down sometime shortly by the US Supreme Court is its decision on Johnson versus Grants Pass : On April 22nd 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States heard the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass . This sets the stage for the most significant Supreme Court case about the rights of homeless people in decades. At its core, this case will decide whether cities are allowed to punish people for things like sleeping outside with a pillow or blanket, even when there are no safe shelter options. A decision will be made by June 30th, 2024. Besides the above quoted information and source, this  Harvard Law School  article has more about the case, here . Meanwhile, Common Dreams has a recently published related opinion piece concerning the case very much