Brushing Fame

Paul Williams Redux

June 21, 2025

This morning I listened to Paul Williams being interviewed on the Paul Leslie Hour. That’s a link to youTube although I downloaded the traditional podcast version. Sharing it on my Instagram stories I mentioned that [read more]

Family, Identity

I Did A Thing

May 31, 2025

A few weeks back I sat down with K of Lost Spaces Podcast to talk about a “lost queer space and the impact it had on me.” Their podcast episodes generally spend more time talking [read more]

Family, Identity

My Language

April 19, 2025

What are my pronouns? Well, I’m much less concerned with what word you use than your intention in doing so. We who’ve been abused know all too well what power lies in words. A side [read more]

Family, Identity

The Price of Freedom

April 15, 2025

Regular readers and visitors to my various social media accounts (these days I’m primarily on Insta) know that my husband and I are working to move to Canada. As I’m a Canadian (actually, dual) citizen [read more]

Family, Identity

Too Many Quirks

February 1, 2025

For decades I resisted having “too many quirks” and put up with far too much mayhem in my head. All our clothes hangers are being sorted into 3 piles. White, Black, and All Others -which [read more]

Brushing Fame

Grandma, Robin, Joan, AIDS and more

August 11, 2024

Originally posted Sept.6, 2014 Re-posted on the 10th anniversary of Robin Williams shuffling off this mortal coil. I’ve resisted writing this post because so many people have commented on Robin Williams’ passing- what could I [read more]