To my readers:
Know that I love and appreciate your interest in my mammalian habits and I apologize (a wee bit) for having not written in this blog for almost 4 months now. After reading the last few posts of mine, I realize that it could come across that I died at Four Quarters, which I did not. (Well, not physically at least — death is a great metaphor for some of the internal changes I went through there).
All in all, I’d lost a lot of the reason why I’d started this blog in the first place, went through some existential crises scenarios, and had to take a good long look at the how I see myself vs. how I want others to perceive me. All good introspections in the long run and I’m eager to return to this part-dialogue / part-diary / part-cheap therapy that this blog has an even greater potential to be now.
I think I’d like to start with a memorializing of two phenomenal individuals who have passed on since the last time I posted:
Paula Gunn Allen lived on Earth as a poet, novelist, and critic who furthered the research surrounding the roles of female-bodied people in American Indian tribes. She also made great strides in furthering the visibility of third- and fourth-gendered (Two-Spirit) female-bodied persons in those tribes as well.
Paula Gunn Allen, 1939-May 29, 2008
I honor Paula.
Queer activist John Burnside, Harry Hay’s partner for almost 40 years, lived on earth as one of the founders of the Radical Faeries.
1916 – September 25, 2008
I honor John.
Till next post…
