how much do we have to worry about trade wars escalating into shooting wars?… asking for a friend…
yesterday i was grateful for a safe trip home, the thousands of people involved in making it so, and the hugs and kisses of my wife and dogs…
today i am looking forward to returning to my east coast routines, especially my yoga practice…
… red was a late arrival to my lipstick rotation… i think i will wear it more often now…
How Red Lipstick Defeated Hitler — Eternal Goddess
Burlesque superstar and red lipstick aficionado Dita Von Teese once said that ‘Heels and lipstick will put God into people,’ and no truer words have been said. There are myriad reasons why the allied forces managed to defeat Hitler and his fascist regime of the second world war, and some may argue that there isn’t one concrete reason. Instead, lots of little acts merged together and won. So, this is how red lipstick helped us win the war.
yesterday i was grateful for breakfast with my brother and sister and a ride to the airport from my brother…
today i am looking forward to holding my wife in my arms and being smothered by doggie love…
Heading home to NY…
yesterday i was grateful for dinner at my brother’s house and watching several episodes of Emily in Paris with him…
today i am looking forward to starting the journey home…
California’s wildfires exposed failings of the state’s leadership
That’s right, one wildfire year obliterated decades of costly, painstaking efforts to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions. And 2020’s fires were far less severe than the horrific ones we’ve recently witnessed in the Los Angeles area. We get wildfires nearly every year, which are constantly incinerating our climate goals. So there’s no need to argue over climate science, something—if we’re honest with ourselves—few of us know much about.
this is a stupid and irresponsible argument…
thinking about my first experience with genderless bathrooms… it was a little disconcerting walking into a bathroom being used by a mother and child at first… but i have decided i really like it, for a host of reasons, not least of which is it made me, as a trans-feminine person, more comfortable than walking into the traditional “men’s” room… and no, i have no plans to try to use a women’s bathroom…
yesterday i was grateful for a visit to the Seattle Aquarium and the soothing sounds of rain as i fell asleep…
today i am looking forward to dinner at my brother’s house…
yesterday i was grateful for time with my sister, brother and nephew and the little girl who was trying to figure my gender out…
today i am looking forward to breakfast at the Streamliner dinner and a trip into Seattle to visit the new aquarium…
got me a new hat…
yesterday i was grateful for a well attended, lively and interesting virtual photography salon, and for technology that worked…
today i am looking forward to lunch with my brother and nephew and a visit to the Seattle art museum…
yesterday i was grateful for the women who have been supportive of my shift into feminine space and who have welcomed me with gifts of jewelry and clothing…
today i am looking forward to helping my mom run errands and the virtual photography salon i run once a month…
from this morning…
yesterday i was grateful for a surprise encounter with my sister and an NFL playoffs party with my brother and mother…
today i am looking forward to taking my mother to get her hair styled…
from this morning…
yesterday i was grateful for a nail salon outing with my mother, niece and brother; the spectacular Olympic Mountains range so clearly visible from the nail salon town; dinner with my sister and her husband…
today i am looking forward to an NFL playoffs party with my brother, hosted by my mother…
yesterday i was grateful for dinner and a movie with my brother…
today i am looking forward to a nail salon afternoon with my mother, niece and brother… and dinner with the family at my sister’s house…
yesterday i was grateful for the use of my sister’s car, and sharing the experience of cannabis gummies with my mother…
today i am looking forward to breakfast with my brother at the Streamliner diner…
yesterday i was grateful for quality time with my mother and brother…
today i am looking forward to trying the streamliner diner for breakfast at 7 as a changeup to my routine…
yesterday i was grateful for an uneventful flight to Seattle…
today i am looking forward to my Bainbridge Island routines and visiting with my family…
yesterday i was grateful for football with my brother and a trio of black women on the elevator who were into my nail polish color…
today i am looking forward to landing in Seattle and seeing my family…
hmmm… what do i do?…
somehow it’s not physical but emotional hurt that comes to mind when i read this sign…
came up on elevator with a group of black ladies who were really into my nails and impressed that they matched my glasses… “that’s how Elton John would do it!” one of them said:-)
