# Vanessa Houk — RSS Amplifier Everything Vanessa Houk publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Michael and Tracy](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/p/michael-and-tracy) _2025-03-20 · Vanessa’s Substack_ It’s a few days before Thanksgiving and mere hours before our first community meal and I’ve never made a pecan pie before. ## [Lost: Two bedroom apartment and who I used to be](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/p/lost-two-bedroom-apartment-and-who) _2025-02-04 · Vanessa’s Substack_ "She reminds me of another elderly lady who lived on the streets of Ashland, until one day she disappeared and nobody's seen her since. ## [No title](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/publish/post/156446329) _2025-02-04 · Vanessa’s Substack_ ## [A little dinner, and back in the rain](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/p/a-little-dinner-and-back-in-the-rain) _2025-02-03 · Vanessa’s Substack_ "An old guy in a wheelchair just arrived and he said he's really hungry, wet and cold and he says he's glad that we're here," Jason announces as he walks through the kitchen in Pioneer Hall. ## [On wildfires and healing](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/p/on-wildfires-and-healing) _2025-01-15 · Vanessa’s Substack_ I'm no stranger to trauma. ## [Weaving grief and love](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/p/weaving-grief-and-love) _2025-01-08 · Vanessa’s Substack_ The hardest steps I ever took were on a hot Thursday afternoon in early September as I walked away from my son's grave for the first time. ## [No title](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/publish/post/154410883) _2025-01-08 · Vanessa’s Substack_ ## [Homelessness surges 18% in US](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/p/homelessness-surges-18-in-us) _2024-12-28 · Vanessa’s Substack_ One of the things that I've learned over the years is to search for beauty in the hard things. ## [Coming soon](https://vanessahouk.substack.com/p/coming-soon) _2023-03-08 · Vanessa’s Substack_ This is Vanessa’s Substack.