It is quite amazing to me really how little of my childhood years I remember beyond vague, though some significant, generalities. I suppose I could view this as suppression of lots of terrible stuff but I really think it is
Author: geohrinj
Where Do We Go From Here?
I should really begin all my writings with this quote from Santideva, the 8th century Indian Buddhist monk, as a small way of reigning in my ego before putting pen to paper. I do though enjoy perfuming my own mind.
Once In A Lifetime
It was in the summer of 1973 and I was living on Elati Street in Denver in a railroad duplex we were renting from a landlord who I seem to recall lived in Texas. There was at any one time
Moving.
Moving from one abode to another has been something I have done quite a bit of since moving to Colorado in December of 1972. A quick and probably incomplete count would indicate at least 13 moves and different living situations.
A Looming Wrinkle?
I am going to approach the topic of Wrinkles with a bit of a wrinkle and write from a secondary definition of the word and that would be ”snag”. A wrinkle can be a snag rather than the latest distressing
Grief
This is one of those Story Telling Topics that really brings home to me what a lazy undisciplined writer I am. My life certainly dating from the death of my father in August of 1980 up until my most recent
The First Person I Came Out To
Strangely I find myself vacillating a bit on this topic. I assume I would ordinarily not consider the first person I had sex with since that would be a situation that would seem obvious to both of us. However in
Strange Vibrations
For me strange vibrations have usually involved bouts of anxiety, which fortunately have been short-lived and really quite rare in my 67 years. My first experience with being anxious in an uncomfortable fashion was in my early teens and can
Public Places – Hail to the Watch Queen
Just when I think I can’t stumble on anything new in the queer world I discover an old name for a sub-genre of gay men I was not aware of. This occurred last week when I happened on the phenomenon
Choices
A very dear friend has told me for years that my problem is I have too many choices. He is right and I do realize that it is a privilege to not only have the freedom but the where-with-all to