Family, Identity

An Update On My Memoir

February 15, 2026

Are you thinking “I didn’t know he’s writing his memoir!“? That’s OK, so was I when a friend asked me for ‘the latest update’. My reply was that there are no immediate plans for one; which is true enough. But the question rattled through my [read more]

Family, Identity

The Price of Freedom

November 27, 2025

See my March 2026 update. Regular readers and visitors to my various social media accounts (these days I’m primarily on Insta) know that my husband and I are working to move to Canada. As I’m a Canadian (actually, dual) citizen I can sponsor his application [read more]

Family, Identity

Prenatal Trauma

July 31, 2025

This post is part of my demystifying and de-shaming what Mental Health struggles might look like. As always, details that might reveal as yet untold stories of other living people are vague or vanished; this is only my story. There are a few posts here [read more]

Brushing Fame

Paul Williams Redux

June 21, 2025

This morning I listened to Paul Williams being interviewed on the Paul Leslie Hour. That’s a link to youTube although I downloaded the traditional podcast version. Sharing it on my Instagram stories I mentioned that I always listen/read any interview with Mr Williams. I added [read more]

Family, Identity

I Did A Thing

May 31, 2025

A few weeks back I sat down with K of Lost Spaces Podcast to talk about a “lost queer space and the impact it had on me.” Their podcast episodes generally spend more time talking about each guest’s Coming Out journey than the individual establishment. [read more]

Designs I Like

My Mental Health Designs

April 27, 2025

May is #MentalHealthMonth 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 [read more]