A lot is made of the ability to ‘pass’ in public. Today, I went one step further than just passing. I hadn’t actually planned to go out today, but I got up and dressed anyway. It’s important to get dressed every day when you work from home, or working becomes really hard to do. Dressing gets you in the correct mind set. Continue reading
Last night’s memorial service
22 JunThe service was well attended, and everything seemed to be as it should be. Several of her friends spoke lovingly of her, the music was well received, and the service ended in one big circle of hugs. Many tears were shed, but that too is as it should be.
I haven’t written much …
20 JunI had such big plans for this blog. Then life, or should I say death, got in the way. Almost two weeks ago, I lost the one true love of my life. She had been fighting a long term illness, and finally could fight no more. Continue reading
3 Questions
18 JunA wise friend warned me that I would face 3 questions in the next months and years. Continue reading
Female Genital Mutilation at Cornell University
18 JunFemale Genital Mutilation at Cornell University | Slog | The Stranger, Seattles Only Newspaper.
There is so much disturbing about this story. A doctor at Cornell University is routinely preforming surgical procedures on very young girls to reduce the size of the clitoris. I have always had reservations about the ancient, and questionably ‘necessary’, practice of circumcision in males. But female clitoral shortening? My Gods, how can anyone believe this is appropriate? Why is it done? Well, apparently too large a clitoris will lead to ‘abnormal sexual development’. Continue reading
Barbara Allen (Underwood) Shaw
14 JunBarbara Allen (Underwood) Shaw – Obituary
Barbara Allen (Underwood) Shaw, 48, of Houston Texas, died June 8, 2010.
I’m still here, Anam Cara
12 JunFuneral plans are pending. As it happens, many of her friends are attending a wedding this weekend, and I just couldn’t interfere with that. Continue reading
