A Woman Named Sophie

Sunday, September 13, I turn 60.  SIXTY.  Seriously.   Oh shit that's today. It also marks ten years since my last suicide attempt.  I w...

  Interlude X: Goodbye  Friday, September 20, 2013   Russia: Coast Guard Boards Greenpeace Ship in Arctic The body was in drab.  It was ...

My "Big Sister", mentor, and one of my dearest friends, Mel, died on the morning of March 20, 2026.  She was 67, and been battling...

I was texting with one of my cousins the other night.  She posted the following on fb: I pointed out that we have family members...

 I'll be delivering this tonight at Penn State's Transgender Day of Rememberance.  The capitalizations, etc, are for speaking emphas...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rig...