# The New American Diaspora Observations from Oregon on homelessness and checking out of American life Page: Feed: --- ## [The Storefront Outreach Model](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/the-storefront-outreach-model) _2026-08-17 · Matt Love_ Many readers of The Old Crow Book Club have written or told me that their favorite part of the book is the appendix at the end where I list in great detail my ideas for addressing the crisis of homelessness in Oregon. ## [Empire Chaos](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/empire-chaos) _2026-08-10 · Matt Love_ 5:53 Sunday Morning in Empire. ## [The Charleston Christian Novelist](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/the-charleston-christian-novelist) _2026-08-03 · Matt Love_ A small, gray-bearded man wearing glasses smoked a cigarette and drank a cup of coffee while sandwiched between the ice freezer and firewood bin of the Charleston General Store. ## [The Rocking Recliner](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/the-rocking-recliner) _2026-07-27 · Matt Love_ Elmer and I left house at noon for our third outing of the day. ## [The Screamer](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/the-screamer) _2026-07-20 · Matt Love_ A homeless man, young, bearded, gaunt, bereft of possessions, stood on the road above Bastendorff Beach at 7:30 on a foggy morning, screaming profanities at the ocean. ## [Red Rock Crab](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/red-rock-crab) _2026-07-13 · Matt Love_ Elmer saw a man meandering the mud flats of Coos Bay 50 yards away and bolted his direction. ## [Flipping Her Off](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/flipping-her-off) _2026-07-06 · Matt Love_ The motorist ahead of me stopped on a stretch of The Cape Arago Highway as it entered the Empire District of Coos Bay. ## [A Box of 7-11 Pizza](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/a-box-of-7-11-pizza) _2026-06-29 · Matt Love_ A homeless man dressed like Vanilla Ice in his heyday stands outside my house holding a box of 7-11 pizza on a windy weekday afternoon, waiting for his girlfriend who lives next door with her wizard grandparents, pizza for a lunch date in his tent pitched in the woods a half mile from my house. ## [A Disfigured Face](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/a-disfigured-face) _2026-06-22 · Matt Love_ I cruised home on Cape Arago Highway after a magnificent outing with Elmer at Whiskey Run Beach. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BJ9TXiPdZXT8) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [My Kingdom for Some Rope!](https://mattlove.substack.com/p/my-kingdom-for-some-rope) _2026-06-15 · Matt Love_ Wind tore through Coos Bay on a sunny weekday afternoon.