. . When you are queer, It doesn’t matter To anybody one way Or the other Until you are visible, And then suddenly It sometime seems Everybody cares, But not always In a good way. For example, One brother Is always there to listen And share my tears, And the other won’t even Let me …
Category: Biographical Naratives
BTT #75: Little Window
Little Window . When I was quite young, I would often lie awake in the top bunk in the basement room I shared with my brother. Sometimes I would switch my pillow down to the where the foot of the bed came up against a window that looked out at ground level into the fields …
I am Worried About Jessica. Full posting.
In June of this year, I was honored to be allowed to contribute a guest post for "By Common Consent," a site devoted to cultural and social and doctrinal issues in relation to all things related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now that several months have transpired, I want to …
BTT #56: I am worried about Jessica
I am pleased and grateful to be able to announce that I have had a posting accepted by the Blog Site "By Common Consent." Here is the link: · https://bycommonconsent.com/2019/06/18/i-am-worried-about-jessica/ · It is dedicated to, well... "Jessica." May you know that God keeps you and us and knows our travails.
BTT #51: Flint River
Flint River · I had once Watched these cold waters With the calm Precision Of one who had decided To Sink beneath them. · Another River is flowing In this bed From that day When promises filled pockets With the weight of stones · Walking now Upon a gray path On the bank, Stones just …
BTT #41: On Transitioning
On Transitioning · When I become Known as I am Don't think I Circle a path That’s neither Slow unfolding nor quick, Neither open nor tightly walled. Rather, I have always Simply been here Whispering, When something is Important to you, You care What it is called. · Lona Gynt, September 2018. · This is …
BTT #19: Three Dreams, Part 3 – Roots and Blossom Petals
¸¸¸ Dream of Cica: Roots From Lona's self-proclaimed dictionary... Conscious Life: n,adj,adv,v, gerund, past-participle, future participle, particle participle, part-icicle- in fact without it there would not be any part of speech... so in a way, life is everything, including any darn part of speech you can think of, but anyway.... Harvey growls that I am digressing even …
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BTT#10. Miracles of Astounding Normalcy
Author's note: 12-24-18. My wife has made a very reasonable request that certain details regarding my perceptions of her personal outlook and thoughts in regards to the issues in this post not be made public, so the red x spaces represent a redaction. I do want to say that my wife of more than …
BTT #7. Life on the Wasatchassippi: Love and the Descent into Heaven
Author's note: 12-24-18. My wife has made a very reasonable request that certain details regarding my perceptions of her personal outlook and thoughts in regards to the issues in this post not be made public, so the red x spaces represent a redaction. I do want to say that my wife of more than thirty …
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Scattered thoughts made a little more random 