Family, Identity

My Teddies

August 14, 2021

A look at my life through my collection of Teddy Bears and other stuffed animals. 01 Grizzly: A birthday present from [redacted]; 02 Beaver: A gift from an Account Manager when I was a purchasing agent at a large Canadian Art Supplies wholesale/retail firm; 03 [read more]

Family, Identity

Uncle Orville Remembers Dad

September 24, 2020

This post is primarily for my nieces, nephews, and their various offspring. This is the text I read at Dad’s funeral. His brother (my Uncle Orville) was not able to fly in for the service. These are his memories of growing up with Dad. When [read more]

Family, Identity

Ancestor Work

August 27, 2020

“Ancestor Work” is quite a popular discussion in New Age/ Metaphysical/ Mystical Arts Business circles these days. I’ve held off doing it for myself… without being able to verbalize exactly why. I have a great relationship with my biologicals. As someone who’s become an Elder [read more]

Card Readings

Who Knows What Evil Lurks In The Hearts of Men?

November 23, 2019

I’ve been asked when will I start uploading videos, set up a Patreon account, and attend Readers Studio to support my Guncle Tarot & Oracle Card Reading enterprise. All very useful tools, apparently successful for many; but not my way- at least the first two. [read more]

Family, Identity

Victim

October 1, 2019

I am a victim; I was a victim; I am victimized; I was victimized; All of the above. Victim – another word that some are trying to distort and weaponize. Similarly to the way ‘pity’ has somehow become a negative thing, ’empathy’ a weakness and [read more]

Family, Identity

Looking For A Guncle?

August 4, 2019

Many younger queer folks are able to live out and proud, with some level of support and love from their biologicals. Too many aren’t. And even for those who are, there are aspects of living queer that those immersed in a hetero-normative world view just [read more]