Reflections
What’s On Your Bucket List?
You know what a bucket list is, right? A bucket list is a list of things a person wants to do before they “kick the bucket.” Wanna hear something wild and crazy? This year alone, three people have told me I’m on their bucket list! You’d think that would stroke my…
Read MoreWendel Berry Has a Message for You
“The question before me, now that I am old, is not how to be dead, which I know from enough practice, but how to live, as these worn hills still tell, and some paintings of Paul Cezanne, and this mere singing wren, who thinks he’s alive forever, this instant, and may be.”– Wendell Berry …
Read MoreWhat’s Up, Buttercup?
What’s Up, Buttercup? I’ve been writing more in my copy writing blog than I have here recently. That’s because I unexpectedly found myself with a lot to say professionally. But now there’s news for this blog, so here we go! What’s UP #1 The 4th volume of Kelley Phone Tag went…
Read MoreMy 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreSuch 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)…
Read MoreFacebook “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…
Read MoreAbout 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…
Read MoreMy 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…
Read MoreAre 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.) …
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