David Thompson lives at the Liberty Center, but when the weather is good he can be found most days on a bench on the Northbank Riverwalk near the Landing where he makes roses out of palm leaves. Thompson doesn’t charge for the roses, but does take donations. And, he wasn’t always homeless.
“Bad financial decisions,” he said. “When I was making money, I used to not talk to people. I thought I was better than a lot of them.”
photos by Paula Steiner