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Thoughts for June 2026
Best wishes for your June! The month ahead is packed with Pride parades, festivals, brunches and whatnot. It is remarkable how many pride events are taking place all over Southern California. The…
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Is there a reason for those things that happen to us…
My friend Alyssa posted some thoughts to her Buffy’s Life Lessons blog reflecting on the nature of suffering and the reasons why this or that happens to us. So it caused me…
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Barbie 2 concept poster
When the film Barbie came out, the director Greta Gerwig was asked in an interview about making a sequel to the film. She had said that she first needed an idea for…
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The temptation to review…
When I created this website, my intention was to not focus on reviewing books. Instead my intention is to promote books that I have enjoyed. If a book doesn’t grab me, I…
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February 2025 Thoughts Archive
February thoughts… February has often been a complicated month for me. Notions of should, notions of want versus what is, stirred healthy reflection. The years pass and I can say a peace with what is has become…
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I’m A Mouse
I wrote and performed this song before the 2004 election, and have pulled it out from time to time since. It is especially relevant this year. You are part of this world.…
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Some reflections on M/M romance books and the straight women who write them
So… a while ago I saw a post on Reddit expressing some frustration that “all m/m romance books are written by women!” The poster wanted to find more male authors in the…
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Epic Adventure in Medieval England
This was a brilliant read. The Scottish Boy has long been on my list to check out, but I suppose I feared it would be a bit too violent for my tastes.…
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An archived post of April Reflections
Here we are in April already! The days do seem to fly by sometimes. I’m presently the organizer of a Meetup group in the Los Angeles area called “Wholesome Queers” I didn’t…
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The Truth of Fiction
Sometimes, I hear folks say that they don’t read fiction because it isn’t real, that non-fiction has more value as it concerns events that actually happened. And of course that is true,…
