My Transgender Life May Begin in a Few Months
With any luck at all, I will be given the go ahead to have my breasts removed before the end of the year so I can enter the new decade looking like the guy I have actually been all my life. I have never been more excited about anything in my life than I am…
The Dream I Had Last Night
The Dream I Had Last Night I need to preface this with the fact that I read a lot of history books from all different eras and places, and I’m keenly aware of the history that is being made right now (none of it uplifting or noble) and deposited for future citizens of earth…
Such a GUY!
Such a Guy! I have no idea why this hit me like a ton of bricks tonight halfway through the night… but it occurred to me (and I wish it had done so earlier so I could have included it in my book Womb Man: How I Survived Growing Up in a Booby-Trapped World)…
Facebook “Diet” Results
Facebook “Diet” Results A couple weeks ago, I decided to severely limit my exposure to Facebook, and the results have been amazing. so I want to share them with you. Now, just for starters, you need to know that I’ve never ever spent hours on Facebook at any one time, or even during…
About Today’s Earlier (Deleted) Pickleball Blog Post
Late yesterday I wrote a blog post about pickleball. This morning I released it … for all of about thirty minutes. I deleted it because, within minutes after posting it, I was hired to write a 1000-word personal insights blog post about playing pickleball and was offered $250 to write it. I immediately…
My Mood is Lifting–HALLELUJAH!
My mood has lifted noticeably the past few days. I suppose it’s because I drove to Westport with friends for a day this week and then took in a movie (ROCKETMAN–which I highly recommend!) on another day…and I haven’t been on Facebook as much to see what’s being done to our country by the…
Are Good Writers Obsolete?
I’m discouraged. Close to terminally discouraged… THE GENERAL CHALLENGE: Too few people read anymore. (Asking for a friend: How many books have you read so far this year? I’ve read too many to even remember them all. I love to read. I’ve lived a thousand lives because I’m a voracious reader.) …
Stopping “H” Speech in its Tracks
Stopping “H” Speech in its Tracks I just read an interesting article in the new Southern Poverty Law Center Magazine by Rabbi Jeffrey Myers. By way of introduction, his was the synagogue that was attacked on October 27th last year (Tree of Life). He wrote that he has started treating the word “hate”…
“Share Your Heart, Not Your Spleen”
Share Your Heart, Not Your Spleen I’m one of countless people who are approaching exhaustion from being chronically depressed, angry and vigilant ever since He Who Shall Remain Nameless From Now On and His Henchmen assumed control of the executive branch of government. (I was going to say “our” government, but it hasn’t…
Erich Fromm Posits “To Have Or to Be?”
Erich Fromm Posits “To Have Or to Be?” I’m reading Erich Fromm’s seminal title, “To Have or To Be?” As it turns out, I’ve always been more a “to be” person than a “to have” person, which is what puts me at odds with most of the people in my culture. It…