Published in Weeds & Wildflowers·1 hour agoMember-onlySpaces in our TogethernessOn the pleasure of missing my partner — Covid has smooshed couples together whether they wanted it or not. In our case, involuntary “retirement” and years of unemployment had already put us in each other’s pockets. …Photography4 min read
Published in The Partnered Pen·1 day agoMember-onlyThis Is Good News?And how TF did we get on THIS mailing list?! — We do land on some very curious mailing lists (thanks a pantload, Bernie and you flakes at the ACLU), but this one’s a doozy. How TF did we wind up on Christie’s International Real Estate mailing list? Odds are very good that Bernie had nothing to do with this one. …Real Estate3 min read
Published in Counter Arts·2 days agoMember-onlyStanding in the Middle of the StreetThat sky was worth almost getting run over — Before I start whining let’s be clear that that the heat we’ve had thus far in New York City this summer is nothing unusual (the number of rats I see walking home is, but that’s another piece). It’s been hot but not London hot. Now to my whining.Photography3 min read
2 days agoMember-onlySo I Want to Sleep All the TimeThat’s not suicidal ideation or anything. Right? — All uppercase and in neon with sprinkles: I DO NOT WANT TO KILL MYSELF. I have no dark seeping despair. I do not have a sense of uselessness or no purpose in my life. In fact, I have a strong sense of purpose and the direction in which to aim…Life4 min read
Published in Counter Arts·4 days agoMember-onlyYesterday Brooklyn, Today LICLeaving the home island to go exploring — Odd to consider that New York City is a city of islands. Other than the Bronx, no other part of the city is on the mainland of the continent. While the folks up there in the Bronx are securely attached to the rest of the U.S.of A., the rest of…Photography4 min read
Published in Weeds & Wildflowers·4 days agoMember-onlyBillyburg on a HOT SaturdayMixing with the young folks — We used to do this annually. Trot off to Williamsburg on a hot day in early August to check the proofs of AleXander’s Burning Man art at Skink Ink. Due to the supposedly unforeseen circumstances of the past coupla years, well, you know. It’s been a while since we did…Art4 min read
Published in The Partnered Pen·6 days agoMember-onlyWhat The Doctor SaidWas what we all want to hear — “Everything went fine and there’s no indication of cancer.” That was the highlight of my day recently. And it was a bitch kitty of a day, I tell you. Thanks to that little episode of post-menopausal bleeding that cropped up about two months ago, I wound up having a Dilation…Health5 min read
Aug 4Member-onlyMy Old Lady Message to D.C.Hey, you old people, get TF out of government! — It’s impossible to imagine a doddering, confused octagenarian screwing up — and screwing up really badly — on a public platform and still keeping her/his job. …Politics4 min read
Published in The Partnered Pen·Aug 3Member-onlyJust Another DayLike all the others, filled with moments that never stay — Her gloriousness, Virginia Woolf, said it far better than I ever could. “If one does not lie back and sum up and say to the moment, this very moment, stay you are so fair, what is to be one’s gain, dying? No: stay, this moment! …Photography4 min read
Aug 2Member-only#NotAllMenJust the straight ones (sweeping generalizations alert) — Ok, right. Right. Right, I get it. Not ALL the straight men in this world are emotionally stunted, seething women-hating, walking talking time bombs just waiting for that prick ahead of him to not use his turn signal. Now that we have our disclaimer out of the way, I am…Relationships5 min read
