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I haven’t written in quite a while.  Not on my blog, and not anywhere else except the occasional post on Bluesky.  I’ve been busy and it has meant less time for things like posting.  I’m considering starting a Substack, so I’m posting this in both places to see what happens.  Friday I went to our… Read more

TL;DR: This year has been ridiculous.  There have been some ups and a lot of downs.  Mostly ups personally, mostly downs politically. I finally began organizing my beautiful disaster of a house.  We got new windows in September which required making room for the installers to be able to move around, so we began sorting… Read more

The list below is from the 2024 Remembrance Report on the Trans Remembrance Project site. This is the 25th anniversary of the Trans Day of Remembrance. Every year, the list is longer. It is compiled each year from November of the previous year to October of the current year. I include this years list so… Read more

A little later in the month to be “starting” but given what we all went through last week I think you’ll forgive me. This month started with hope and then moved to numbness and then anger. I took this weekend off to concentrate on my own and my younger kids mental health. We went to… Read more

Life has taken a turn. So many of us were hopeful that Trump could not possibly get re-elected. He’s a racist. A fascist. A misogynist. A rapist. A criminal. A liar. Yet more than half of our country just voted him in. I’m angry. I’m frightened for my family, friends and neighbors who will be… Read more

Yes, I really did keep the generic WordPress opening title. On purpose. So here’s the thing:  I haven’t written a blog post in a long time.  Years even.  So go easy on me since this is my first one in a while.  FIRST What is this blog about?  Well…it’s about books.  And home.  And a… Read more