Evicted, On the Edge of Homelessness.
4 min readJan 24, 2021
The return of Tom Joad
I arrived in Sarasota some time ago, on a pastel sunny day, when it was nearly 80 degrees, and the deep green palm leaves on the trees slowly rippling in the lazy breeze. At the end of my rope, after a nightmare year of pandemic and lockdown, I was offered a place to stay in the hopes of getting back on my feet. So I came to Sarasota.