I haven't always been brave enough to acknowledge or accept some of the opportunities for love that have crossed my path. I've missed a few, some of which I regret. I'm sure there are other moments that I may not have been aware enough to recognize that I missed. One such opportunity presented itself a…Read more Unexpected Love, Meant to Be
Reflections
Customer Service (A Scoutmaster Minute)
Today was a Saturday errand day. One of my lessons from today is that I don't envy people who work in customer service. I had to call flower delivery folks, a nationwide service, because I called my grandmother and she didn't say anything about the flowers she was supposed to have gotten yesterday for Mother's…Read more Customer Service (A Scoutmaster Minute)
A Saturday Musical Interlude
It's no secret that the Beatles are my favorite band. I saw Yellow Submarine as a toddler.(I was sick and my mom found it on TV, looking for some sort of cartoon for sick kid - back in the days of three, maybe 4 channels and zero control over media...) Apparently, I was mesmerized. Just…Read more A Saturday Musical Interlude
Softly Falls the Light of Day…
"Softly falls the light of day As our campfire fades away..." The above are the first two lines of the Scout Vespers. It's a song that is sung by many a Boy Scout at the end of a meeting, or as a good night at the campfire. I came across this article about a young…Read more Softly Falls the Light of Day…
Visibility
I've been swamped with work lately, so I haven't had time to write for a while. Today, 31 March, is Transgender Day of Visibility. I have mixed feelings about posting regarding Trans visibility. I spent a significant portion of my life "stealth", ie, not detectable as trans and passing as cisgender. I was blessed with…Read more Visibility
Throwback Thursday – the S-Master’s Blog
This is a 'Throwback Thursday' blog post. I wrote this nine (!!) years ago. It's still very applicable today. Perhaps even more so. ******************************************************************* One of the things I've always liked being able to do with the young people I know is give them things to think about. For many of them, that has come…Read more Throwback Thursday – the S-Master’s Blog
I never asked…
I never asked permission But sometimes I was told no I never asked permission But sometimes I couldn't go I never asked permission Most times I couldn't go all day I never asked permission I often found another way I never asked permission And I still won't It's my life And you don't Get to tell…Read more I never asked…
What is America?
I saw a challenge on Facebook last night from an author that I respect. Three sentences. Three sentences only, and none about Trump; no political screeds, of any kind; diatribes; or other exceedingly verbose dissertations. He asked: What is America? This was my response. America is a dream; the best hopes of humanity wrapped up…Read more What is America?
I Object
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose." Spock, from the Original Series episode "The Squire of Gothos" There are wonderful nuggets of wisdom contained in what was a low-budget television show that's now 50 years old. This is why it has stood the test of…Read more I Object
How Terribly Lonely
"How compact your bodies are, and what a variety of senses you have. This thing you call language though, most remarkable. You depend on it for so very much, but are any one of you really its master? But most of all, the aloneness. You are so alone. You live out your lives in this…Read more How Terribly Lonely
Musings in Twilight 