Another bulletin for the “More grist for the mill” file.  The National Organization for MisinformationMarriage has amplified their claim that marriage equality somehow quashes, instead of clears the path for, true religious freedom.  Gotta fix that. Pro marriage equality churches CANNOT LEGALLY WED WHO THEY WANT TO when same-sex marriage is outlawed.  That, folks, is a limit on the [...]

Um, to the ends of the earth? I’m thinking? Or at least as far as I can go.

Behind the café, Berkeley, CA.
 
When she was a young woman, my mother lived with her mother in the apartment building pictured in the background, above.  Berkeley still had its Key Route streetcar system back in the 1930s, and she rode one every day to high school, lugging her violin case on days when she had [...]

She shares one or two things in common with Mademoiselle Claudel, the famous scupltor. I’m thinking here about the penchant for outbursts, counterbalanced by a clear, vivid focus while at work on art. (If her early years are any indication, though, I have every expectation our gal will lead a much happier life. Which [...]

For me personally, basically two ways: kid #1 and kid #2, seen above doing collaborative improv music-making this morning before elder of the kids went off to preschool.  In a kid-carrier pulled behind a bike.  We’re trying.  
Basically, I worry a ton more about the planet’s condition when they reach adulthood than I do about [...]

Posted to YouTube yesterday by Empire State Pride Agenda, with the following description:
One of the most dominant myths used by forces opposed to marriage equality is that allowing same-sex couples to marry would somehow negatively affect religious institutions or apply restrictions to their freedom to worship as they choose.
Although this myth is patently false, that [...]

[Photo: Front door of Jaheem Herrera's apartment, by Curtis Comption, Atlanta Journal-Constitiution]
If the second 11 year-old boy in two weeks to commit suicide over bullying does not tell us that masculinity is in a state of profound crisis, what will?
From Pam’s House Blend: “Another Sad Suicide…”
A DeKalb County mother discovers her fifth grade son dead. He [...]

Morning with mama’s pinkie, Calaveras County, CA.