27 Aug
Goodnight Del San Francisco - US Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin, who married her partner of 55 years in one of California first same-sex weddings, died Wednesday in San Francisco of natural causes. She was 87. Thank you for your devotion to our rights. Thank you for never giving up. Life is so short, way too short to mess [...]
27 Aug
… by bringing us together and reminding us how much we share and how alike we really are. In case you live in a cabin in the woods with out electricity, or maybe under a rock, Michelle Obama spoke on Monday night at the democratic national convention in Denver. She was the keynote speaker. I’ve got a bit of campaign direction for Obama, but that’s not why I’m here today. I am going [...]
26 Aug
Sunday Soul: CHANGE: August 31st 2008 I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.
26 Aug
Like the bishop in a court of atheists I process everything with my heart. That’s not to say that I’m not cerebral, I am. I love to think thing things through, factor out the facts, and argue passionately until the cows come home, but when it comes to the intellect, it is pure entertainment. Common sense appears to dwell in my house like [...]
24 Aug
Until I am beautiful, interesting and modern again… Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern. I just completed my third read through “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger. Holy crap what a book. I have never in my life read a book from cover to cover three times in a row [...]
23 Aug
Mystery of the exsanguinated insects My son held up a plastic bag in front of the camera during our video chat, it was shaking all around so I couldn’t really tell what he was showing me. “Daddy! Daddy look!” He shouted. “The bugs are dead, but they don’t have any anything inside of them!” I asked him to hold them still so [...]
21 Aug
Espresso in the wild As a hiker and a nature lover, one of the biggest bummers of a long hike up into the mountains has always been the complete lack of the café experience. There I am, half way up a beautiful trail and I want to head back… not because the trail has defeated me, but because I [...]