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Oct 31, 20224 min read

My Coming-Out Story(ies)

Credit: Steve Johnson I was very unhappy living at home during high school. My father was an alcoholic with some anger issues and a...

Oct 30, 20223 min read

Textbook Hippie

Being a story of how a lesbian lost her virginity in the turbulent early 70s His hair was the color they would call strawberry blond on a...

Oct 29, 20224 min read

What's Your Race?

In my current job as a Medicare sales agent, a job I intend to keep, I blessedly have the ability to lift up the microphone piece on my...

Sep 13, 20222 min read

What Would Your Netflix Show Be About?

Introducing.......a limited-run series: Lez the Elder. Lez is tired.....tired of losing her faculties through aging, of cleaning up...

Sep 6, 20221 min read

Happy 162nd Birthday, Jane Addams!

They tell me I should fall in love with women who are alive, but my one true love will always be Jane Addams (1860-1935). Who else has...

Sep 4, 20223 min read

Women Talking

Sarah Polley's adaptation of Miriam Toews; 2018 novel of the same name. Based on real events, a film shown recently at the Telluride Film...

Aug 17, 20222 min read

When Jitters Become "Oops!"

Barnum & Bailey Circus Train wreck outside Potsdam, NY, August 22, 1889 One moment of high anxiety in my life has always been the job...

Aug 5, 20221 min read

My cat is not a Cheshire cat

My cat is not a Cheshire cat who appears and vanishes at will In fact, Kitten is very real, tottering just this side of the rainbow...

Aug 5, 20223 min read

Mexican American Disambiguation

Photo credit: Acadamy of American Poets Published on Portside (https://portside.org/) Mexican American Disambiguation...

Aug 1, 20221 min read

Soccer Tritina

England Wins Major Soccer Tournament, First in Half-Century The Lionesses in a game that was historic This weekend took Britain’s...

Jul 31, 20224 min read

Freelance Arts Previewer - My Favorite Article

In the 90s I was a stringer for the San Antonio Express-News. My interview with Gregory Hines was my favorite. Photo credit: playbill.com...

Jul 31, 20221 min read

deliver

deliver everything was finally aligning the doctors came later than expected, even though the nurses exaggerated how many centimeters I...

Jul 31, 20221 min read

Jinkx Monsoon is Queen of All Queens

And well deserved! See a snippet of her as Judy Garland. https://youtu.be/EBbpOelDUTs Watch her real-time reaction to finding out that...

Jul 30, 20222 min read

Wild Women Don't Get the Blues

A bumper sticker I had on my car in the 90s turns out to be important in 2022. Wild Green Parrots Since I moved to South Florida in late...