My move to the USA 30 years ago was, as often expressed here, a natural exploration of a long-standing tradition in my family. At no point was I running away from my Canadian roots. To the extent I was running, it was away from the [read more]
A Year Card (sometimes called your Birthday Tarot Card or Card of the Year) is one from the Major Arcana, calculated through basic numerology, that is said to represent your year. As with all Card Readings, whether the message is seen as destiny, something to [read more]
October is celebrated as LGBT/Queer History Month in some places. I have picked out just a few posts from the hundred+ in my LGBTiTQQ2S and Family & Identities categories to highlight. Today in Canadian Queer History looks at “Operation Soap” – the 1981 Toronto bathhouse [read more]
Sister Who is a friend. They are also what Sister Mish (co-founder of the San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) calls a “Sister in Solidarity” – someone who supports the aims of that Order without being a member. As a fully professed Sister (1983) of [read more]
I’ve been pretty open about my current (and long-term) mental health challenges. Also quite vocal about the struggle of being an independent creative surviving late-stage consumption capitalism with some level of personal integrity. Those are combined with the ‘dark humour’ I learned early on and [read more]
A few years back I posted my newly-created bucket list, after talking about why I had refused to do one before. Now that I’ve celebrated yet another orbit around Sol (which is tied to the ability to work the list in question) a quick review. [read more]
New for 2026: A Dream As part of my social media efforts to find a sympathetic landlord in S/W Ontario (moving: no Canadian credit history) and perhaps raise funds for the trip I’ve shared pictures of some cozy houses in our target area. Not that [read more]
There are a number of stories I can tell about Dad’s Mother. From being asked/told not to Come Out to her to the bits and pieces I (thought I) knew of her story. Although I regret not getting to know the person behind the title [read more]
Updates to Authorized Production partners for The Digital Gryphon photography and design. I opened my first POD (Print On Demand) shop at Cafepress in 2004, and have had shops at (or extensively reviewed) pretty much every merchandise POD site in the years since. I served [read more]
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