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I am restless today, but in that quiet way where my body is still while my mind leaps from topic to topic. The plan for today was to clean the cab of Gertie. She’s a mess. But it feels like 90 degrees outside so I’ll have to wait a few hours. My back hurts. I […]
There’s been a lot of Pride events in 2025, but there are still 12 events and probably more. August 2025 September 2025 October 2025
An Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on two restaurants in the locally owned and operated Mexican chain, Emiliano’s, left unprecedented damage and destruction in its wake. ICE took 16 of our Pittsburgh neighbors into custody from the restaurants in Richland Township and Cranberry Township. Our neighbors. People who were working hard in a difficult […]
I have watched this a million times. It is a brilliant action – legal but creepy, the perfect song, highly recognizable costumes, and easily replicated with any GOP elected. The action is the brainchild of ‘Handmaids of Nebraska‘ View this post on Instagram A post shared by COURIER (@couriernewsroom)
Two weeks before the #Decommitment in August 2023, we went on a week long vacation in Western PA. We stayed in a sweet B&B then our favorite motel by the shore of Lake Erie. Little did I know it might be my last. I don’t have the resources for even a modest trip – I […]
Note: This play contains an incomplete and a completed suicide, not typical fare for a comedy as I describe it. Also, important content notes. Also this might be slightly spoilerish for a play written 129 years ago. It isn’t often that the location of a play is the setting. Quantum Theater’s production of ‘Seagull’ breaks […]
I was pleasantly surprised to be named a finalist in two categories of the ‘Best of Pittsburgh’ 2025 awards – for Best BlueSky account and Best Threads account. I have a much bigger following on Instagram and Facebook, but I do spend time on these platforms and regularly share content I find important. I’ve blogged […]
People, don’t make me beg for crumbs. Don’t I deserve abundance, flowing and growing Knowing that I need to be wrapped, swaddled in comforts I was denied. Perhaps you were, too. Perhaps the voices were not lullabies, but hushing and shushing your cries. What we needed became what they thought we should have. Or not. […]
Blair Lumpkins-Crabb, 31, has been missing from San Francisco, CA since June 26, 2023 after leaving a hospital. She also used the name Blair Styles (Styles is one of her middle names.) That’s what I read on Facebook. Nothing more. Well, I found a RIP blog post from someone I assume is a cousin. I’ve […]
Trans woman Georgina Riva de Neyra found deceased in Los Angeles, CA on Jun. 16, 2022 and still unclaimed. No picture has been found of Georgina From the NamUs report (where she is misgendered and deadnamed) The decedent was found unresponsive on the sidewalk and pronounced. The decedent is believed to be transient. The decedent […]
