Category Archives: love

Still Talking Shit

When Max first showed me this tape from Cabaret Night at NYU, back in 1995, I was hooked. I played it for all my friends, and my two-year old son would always ask, “Why is everyone laughing?” It’s the best … Continue reading

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Goodbye to Levon Helm

If you don’t love the Band, you’re not a lover of music. Whatever genres you prefer, there is simply no denying the gorgeous soulful freewheeling and majestic sound of the Band, from Big Pink and the Basement tapes onward. Listening … Continue reading

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because I want you to know him

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Yes, It’s Time for The Lesbian Stick!

Let us all follow the Christmas tradition* of reading  The Story of the Lesbian Stick. ~ * Heartfelt atheist blessings to all you people who come here and especially you special ones who have given me so much. xo

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What I’ve Learned About Suicide (for Simone)

I’ve learned that doctors are trying to develop a predictive tool that could warn of a patient’s risk of suicide. “We can identify those individuals with highest risk for potential suicide, but we can’t identify those who will commit suicide … Continue reading

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Pictures

Goodbye to Dad Two walkers, December 2009 High School graduation, June 2011 Max and Pico Playing guitars and finally this photo by Antanas Sutkus. I can’t describe how much I love it. It is so exquisitely tender! It sums up … Continue reading

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Bad Mothers

I’m reading a book about addiction that Max read last year. He told me I might like it. I also remember him writing to his girlfriend that the book caused him to review his childhood, which he always thought was … Continue reading

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Fun With Google

I was fucking around with my google account when I scrolled through all the options and came to the word “more.” This brought me to a page with the question below: “What do you love?” I instinctively (and somewhat drunkenly) … Continue reading

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Fag Hag

I am a big fag hag and always have been. I’ll bet it’s politically incorrect to use the term but I think my gay friends are okay with it.   There’s nothing I love more than a gay man who will … Continue reading

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I Have Issues

In the morning, my youngest Wolf will be going off to college. I am braced for Empty Nest Syndrome. Being me, I googled Empty Nest Syndrome. All the images are depressing. The moms all look like the women in ads … Continue reading

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