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Pittsburgh has had a surge of adaptations of classics from the ‘Realism’ era of plays when attentions turned to the working class, language was more direct and common, and we were invited into homes and rooms rather than imaginations and myths. Realism seems like a fitting lens to understand how I review a play or […]
Galentine’s Day brings women together to celebrate each other every year the day before Valentine’s day. Today we honor our platonic soulmates and the bond between friendships formed that deserve celebration. I’m not one for the term “gal” anymore than bestie or BFF or GBF. But a day to celebrate friendship with other women is […]
Today is my Dad’s birthday. He would have been 85.hs He died in 2024 so only made it to 83. Is that a robust old life. One year when I was working in foster care, I asked my Dad to play Santa at the annual holiday party. He was tickled. The suit fit and he […]
We’ve been offline for a few days. Apparently, my site was targeted by Distributed Denial-of-Service attack. From the Netherlands. DDoSed. I’m wondering if an onslaught of Tony Geary fans came to read my memorial blog post? I mentioned Amsterdam. I know it is not literally a lot of real people from the Netherlands who visited […]
Jose Flores was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Saturday. He is with his wife and family. I am very relieved for this family. I hope they have every opportunity to heal and recover. Somehow Oakmont Bakery keeps making it about them, centering their business as the true victims in this story. It almost […]
Over the past four days, you’ve donated $1800 to my legal and living expenses fund. That’s just … wow. I set a stretch goal to raise $3,000 for the current round of legal expenses plus some unexpected living expenses, including a trip to an oral surgeon. Even with insurance, that’s harsh. I asked folx to […]
Last week, 47-year-old Oakmont man living in the United States on a work visa was kidnapped by ICE in front of his wife and eight year old daughter. His name is Jose Flores. He and his wife work for Oakmont Bakery, a business that has repeatedly supported the Trump Administration and the Republican MAGA agenda. […]
We are not a rescue, but we still end up with random cats that we try to help. Carl was adopted by a volunteer. Archimedes was adopted by other volunteers and a board member. Peyton was adopted by Marie. We have one kitten we are fostering (sort of) for a bit to help someone out. […]
My spouse chose Groundhogs Day for our wedding so she wouldn’t forget the date. It was a cute comment at the time. Until it wasn’t. I never truly thought I would have a wedding day. In part because of marriage inequality, in part because my trauma demons told me I didn’t deserve one. But we […]
Today, February 1 is the Feast of St. Brigid. St. Brigid is the patron saint of babies, blacksmiths, boatmen, cattle farmers, children whose parents are not married, children whose mothers are mistreated by the children’s fathers, Clan Douglas, dairymaids, dairy workers, fugitives, Ireland, Leinster, mariners, midwives, milkmaids, nuns, poets, the poor, poultry farmers, poultry raisers, printing […]
