July 10 on the edge 

Dropped Tex off at skate camp today. I got a rare park along a shaded street that is always busy when it comes to parking . Parking is free along this stretch which is unusual for this council . It won’t last .As on closer inspection these cars have been here a while . As I walked past one of these parked cars I noticed an attractive woman seemingly adjusting her outfit . Her car was full of all her belongings . She was living out of her car . As I walked along a number of these cars seemed to be filled with personal belongings . It dawned on me that this little stretch was where some desperate people call home in the short term . I know this happens in Australia , even in Mornington but there was something different and disturbing about that woman .It looked like she was going to work and she also had an older man ( possibly her father?)in the car . It draws you back to that conclusion that you’re never far from being in the gutter over here . There’s know way you’d of picked it with this woman unless you’d seen her in her car . It gets back to what we know , and that is Australia really is a lucky country. The US has a system that’s lean and mean and unfortunately a lot of good people are going to do it hard . I know I don’t know her circumstance for it may be her own fault but it still shocked me that even in the little bubble of Hermosa Beach you’ve got a ‘desperate class’. Yes there’s a lot of homeless people in the states and I’ve tried my best to look the other way but today made me feel ashamed .