Politics And More

The Pope 2

October 1, 2015

Further to my post of 09/24/15, as updated, I have more thoughts on the words and actions of Francis, Bishop of Rome. While I disagree with the Pope on important issues- full marriage equality and the rights of trans* folk come to mind- we do [read more]

Politics And More

Whose Line Is It? Whose Skit Is It?

September 29, 2015

There’s a wall-mounted tv set in the main breakroom where I work at night. Every now and then, such as last night, I am able to be in there when there’s a new episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? being shown. Comedy in various [read more]

Politics And More

The Pope

September 24, 2015

His Holiness Francis, Bishop of Rome, addressed a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress and spoke for just under an hour. He touched on many topics and themes. There was much I agree with, although I can not overlook his regressive views on full marriage [read more]

Politics And More

Personal Responsibility

September 23, 2015

As a creative, openly queer person ‘of a certain age‘ (57 as of a few months ago) I am all too well aware of how excessive rules and policies can be used, have been used, are being used, to control, demean and belittle people. At [read more]

Designs I Like

Spring Into Fall

August 25, 2015

This offer expired at 11:59pm November 23, 2015

Family, Identity

Grandma – In Detail

August 10, 2015

A Guest Post by Dr. James B. Lyttle as a follow-up to my post of two days ago. Grandma was born November 3, 1900 in Belleville, Ontario to Cameron Brown and Margaret Sarah Ross. Her dad was born February 3, 1870, in Hamilton Ontario. He [read more]