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I was 54 years old before I contracted double pink eye – conjunctivitis in both eyes. And it sucks. Woke up this morning with nasal congestion and that weird weepy need to depressurize feeling in my left eye. I thought it was sinuses. Blew my nose, drank a hot beverage and it was no better. […]
Oh, did I mention I’m taking a class in theater reviews? The first lesson is to write about what you know. I know lesbians better than anything else in this production – better than ASL, Greece, mythology, or being an ex-pat. I didn’t learn anything new about lesbians, but I learned a lot about the […]
Well, I have to fess up. I now own a Keurig. Well, a different brand single use pod machine, but basically the same thing. A friend gave it to me. I think she got it from a Buy Not a Thing list. That shouldn’t matter, but it does. I was going to use it in […]
Today, October 8, is International Day of the Lesbian. Or International Lesbian Day. Also known as Lesbian Day. Not to be confused with Lesbian Day of Visibility in April. On these commemorative days, I like to revisit the archive. Sometimes, I publish the #AMPLIFY posts, sometimes my original content. I see some themes – Thanksgiving, […]
Content Note: disability, bullying, child neglect, resilience, superheroes, body neutrality This is my school photo from late September 1975. I was four years old, in kindergarten. If you squint, you can just see my protruding eyes and the beginning of my lazy eye. I had glasses (and the patch) soon after. But here I look […]
Thank you to everyone who donated to our September Pet Food Drive for the Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry. We had to cancel our distribution in September due to low inventory. Marie and I spent the entire month working hard to resupply the pantry. It has been exhausting. But successful to a […]
A 37-year-old Black trans woman, Tiara Love ‘Tori’ Jackson, was shot to death on Friday, September 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Crime From WCNC [The shooting] happened at the WoodSpring Suites along Deboer Avenue, which is just off West Arrowood Road, around 9:15 a.m. Medic confirmed its crews responded to the scene. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police confirmed that […]
You can read the backstory here. Thanks to donations after the last update, our small goal is down to $112. Our next step is to arrange for a historic home appraisal. There are four points in time – purchase, date of domestic partnership, date of marriage, and date of separation. I’m genuinely curious about that […]
Last week, I posted an update on court proceedings. In addition to the ongoing need for legal and living donations or perhaps within it, a sub-request, I need $750 for a historical house appraisal. Within 24 hours, you donated $461 – thank you. THANK YOU. That leaves $289.
The work of searching for missing, murdered, unidentified and unclaimed people can be isolating, the sort of loneliness that seeps back into the work. And that can be unproductive. Understanding the Terms I have a list of 13 people on my desktop – 13 possible trans and/or queer individuals who are missing, murdered, unidentified, and […]
