Homeless Hollywood Holiday. The two block trip from Kaiser Hospital had taken Mary all morning. It took her several tries to get her belongings across Hollywood Boulevard because "they" were watching and would want to take her valuables. She turned the corner. A flashing sign said "Happy Easter to All." She pushed the cart until she felt a softness in the sidewalk. She tried several places before she finally settled in. On one side was a Christian Science reading room. To her left, past a parking lot for a Evangelical store front church was a Lutheran church where a gay A.A. meeting was held every Saturday night. But not this one. It was Holy Saturday. The church would use the basement in preparation for the Easter Sunday breakfast the next morning. Mary pressed articles of clothing between her fingers and her lap and stacked them to the side. She had always been a neat person. She watched as shoots of green began to shoot up from the cars parked in front of her. The brilliant green stalks twisted and turned and then glowed with lovely orchids, lilies and roses. She was happy that the churches were providing such a wonderful display for Easter. She raised her forehead to catch a memory and then began to hum a tune that she heard on a radio of a passing car. The sunshine warmed her. She felt a pulse rising from below the cement and knew it was from the other side of the Earth. She knocked three times in acknowledgment and whispered a prayer for those less fortunate than her on this lovely late afternoon.