The 29th Annual Gay Men's workshop has come and gone and, once again, either it or I represent a changed thing. As in years past, the People of the Global Majority aka People of Color went up to the Delaware County countryside a day early and established, and in some cases, reaffirmed contact with each other and with the workshop's leader, David ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a pretty full day and in a pleasant way. There was Mass at Ascension, a crisp excursion complete with an art exhibit following the service. They have a new Associate Priest, a woman, and yesterday happened to be her first day on the job. She gave the homily, and presided over a Coffee Hour discussion of a quilt she had created. It was ( Read more... )

It's a strange thing about co-counseling relationships. They're really built on snippets of time spent together, usually on the verge of tears or trying very hard to get at some very angry feelings. We don't get to go off into the sunset with each other. We meet then break camp and then meet again maybe months, maybe years later. Aaron and I ( Read more... )

Darryl's farewell had all the trappings of a final concert with many testimonials, first from our support group and then a rather public "seeing off" from Boris during breakfast. The latter, a boyish looking forty-something who was seated next to me, was as nervous as a tick as he sought to time every mouthful of yogurt he took with the exact ( Read more... )