Family, Identity

Teddy Bear Tears

November 12, 2017

This post is part of a series on memory, repression, and freedom; as a follow-up to my ongoing therapy series. After a long break, I’m about to present two memories that ‘do not compute’- as I promised to do earlier this year. And here I [read more]

Family, Identity

Silence=Death; Shady Memories

August 5, 2017

Last year I blogged about marking my 20th birthday (07/25/78) in Colonial Williamsburg However the circumstantial photographic evidence says otherwise. While not always as organized as I could be, photography is one area of focus (sorry- not sorry- for that attempted humour). I have photographs [read more]

Family, Identity

Silence=Death, Birthday Post

July 25, 2017

This is Part One of a new series of posts on memory, repression, and freedom. It has some biography and information that connect my previous posts on therapy and memory to the upcoming post(s). The title has been chosen with care; Silence=Death was used in [read more]

Family, Identity

Janis Ian, Mum, Sarah Partridge

July 15, 2017

Another mash-up post; see also My Father, Martin and Gene from 2012. What was going to be just a review of a new CD took a turn; my mind is like that. Ms Ian’s catalogue has long been a favourite, and all her songs are [read more]

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Picture it- Ontario, 1978

April 9, 2017

In 2010 I posted my coming out story here. That post mentions that I sent a Letter to the Editor of the local newspaper and Came Out to my family, then living in a village about 40 minutes away. Their warm, loving acceptance followed. I [read more]

Family, Identity

Ten Years

February 18, 2017

Morna Lusty (nee Glasheen) April 28, 1929 – Feb. 19, 2007 Mom is missed and always loved by her children, Bruce, Karen, Brian and Kathy, lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Christopher, Kennie, TJ, Melissa and Kayla, and great-grandchildren Julian and James Memories of her will [read more]