07 October 2009

Three Months: One Woman to Another

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I can't believe it's been three months since my surgery. Soon, I'm supposed to be more or less normal. That is to say, if my ...
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05 October 2009

A Full Moon Follows a Dull Day

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Today I wasn't feeling particularly energetic. At least I took a walk of about a mile before I went to work. The weird thing is that now...
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04 October 2009

Miss Manners I'm Not

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Did some walking today and I'm tired now. But at least it stimulated my senses and my mind and gave me some badly-needed exercise. Alon...
03 October 2009

What Would Grandma Think of an Escapee? A Parolee?

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The other day was my maternal grandmother's birthday. Today is the anniversary of her death. The latter, I realized much later, sent me...
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01 October 2009

I Can See Clearly Now

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Tonight is one of those really classic early autumn nights, even if it's a bit chilly for this time of year. The air is crisp, almost b...
29 September 2009

Loving What Never Was

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Have you ever looked at a photo of someone in his or her youth and said--to yourself or whoever happened to be in earshot--"Wow! I wis...
28 September 2009

Singing for Every Tatter

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An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in it...
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26 September 2009

Flying On The Ground Is Not Wrong, Just Inevitable

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Tonight Millie and I went to a dance recital at LaGuardia Community College, where I used to teach. The irony is that the only people I kne...
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25 September 2009

Submission To A Small World

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Today I met with the Director of Community Services of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Seeing Tom didn't make me woozy wi...
23 September 2009

More Giddy-Up; Where Did The Anger Go?

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So fall has just begun and what did we get? Summer weather, of course! It was warm and humid, though at least it stayed sunny through much...
21 September 2009

Changing Seasons

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Summer's about to end, at least officially. I've seen it coming: The days are getting shorter. However, the weather has been sunnier...
20 September 2009

The Power of Privilege

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Today was another one of those gorgeous days that I wouldn't mind, oh, about 300 times a year. It was on the high end of mild, almost w...
19 September 2009

The Cold--Already?

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I couldn't believe how cold it was last night. I woke up to shut one window, then another. Finally, my place was hermetically sealed. ...
18 September 2009

A New Writing Process?

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I've been writing a poem. I know it's dangerous to talk about a work in progress; sometimes you can talk it away. But I feel that ...