Fourteen years ago when I hit a wall of fatigue that was diagnosed as Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction, I made a commitment to purchase organic foods as much as possible.
This commitment is for my health AND for the health of the environment.
I pay more for groceries, but I feel I am doing [...]
Endings and Beginnings
Why do people invest everything they have, all their time, energy, money, emotions, in something as volatile as love? She asks herself as she moves dazedly from room to room of the silent, empty house. Why do we even attempt to try and establish a future, a home, a life, a partnership that [...]
10. checking out the lesbians in my area and online
9. staying up very late (or until early in the morning)
8. dancing all night long
7. chocolate mousse or chocolate souffle
6. Julie’s Organic Chocolate ice cream and ice cream bars
5. Hummers made with vanilla ice cream
4. Sander’s Hot Fudge Cream Puff (a tradition in Michigan - now [...]
The Last Time I Cried
was earlier this year. I was still grieving the end of my first lesbian relationship. Then HER brother-in-law died. He was a gentle soul, interested in everything and everybody.
He would sit by whomever and meet them where they were. He just dipped into our minds and the conversation started.
He was a [...]
My former partner was the first and thus far only woman I have ever loved and ever been sexual with. I’d like to tell you about her because I admire her so very much.
We began as friends. After our partnership ended and we’d both grieved the loss, we renewed our friendship. This is a true [...]
Would you call it kismet? Synchronicity? Weird as all get out? I call it all three.
Since Starr Ann is sleeping late this morning, I thought I’d talk about how I ended up stranded on a deserted island with the three things I would have chosen to bring if I were going to get stranded on [...]
If I were stranded on a deserted island—what three things would I bring and what one person would I want there with me and why?
I’m taking the liberty in presuming that I wouldn’t be stranded forever (in reruns) ala Gilligan and the crew. That said I would like to have: first, [...]
She’s my girlfriend-non-girlfriend. She likes it when I call her
that. I actually met her a year ago but I knew she’d end up being
“the straight one” in my life. By April, knowing she’d be moving
soon, I figured it was time for me to track her down since she’d been
on my mind for 9 months. If [...]