The Daytona Beach News-Journal
It’s hard to read the two-part (so far) saga of Brian Freeman’s sojourn in St. Augustine and remain unmoved.
As reported by The St. Augustine Record’s Peter Willott and Sheldon Gardner, the bare bones of Freeman’s story go like this:
Our photographer Peter Willott noticed the evolving garden, as did many other passers-by. He saw Freeman picking up trash on the side of the road. He rightly thought it was a story that needed to be told.
Because Freeman’s words revealed something that’s not often contemplated about homelessness:
"In the spring, I want people to drive on U.S. 1 and see the flowers and think of me."