Family, Identity

My 65th Year

June 8, 2023

I’m just seven weeks away from completing my 65th year here. Despite changes in law and tradition achieving that age is still a special event in this society- beyond all the personal reasons mentioned in [read more]

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Buy Queer for Pride

May 25, 2023

Originally published as Buy Local- Support Small Business before a previous ‘year-end holiday shopping season’ – updated for Pride 2023. As a major buying season of the year approaches there are movements afoot to encourage [read more]

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Designs I Like

Upcoming Deck Sale

May 21, 2023

TheGameCrafter.com is having a Site-wide Sale with a focus on Tarot and Oracle Decks from May 23 to 29th (US Central Time). As a Site-wide Sale all products sold in their Marketplace may be opted [read more]

LGBTITQQ2S

What Makes a Man, a Man?

May 17, 2023

Originally posted 02/25/2011. Far from an in-depth piece, and only tangentially relevant to current events, I am fighting decades of white Canadian Middle class training to not brag, stand out, or rattle cages and re-sharing [read more]

Card Readings

Queer Elder Pride Reading

May 4, 2023

Sending out GunclePost every two months is a great way to keep in touch with my communities with a budget-friendly price point. However, a 3 card reading without a specific question or topic in mind [read more]

Politics And More

Earning a Living

April 13, 2023

I posted the section below (all that math stuff) on FB back in February. This is about just how little income many ‘gig economy’ independent contractors are making so folks can stay inside and wait [read more]