Rodeo Beach, Marin Headlands, CA.
An ocean, some crisp, steady breezes off of it, a spray of seagulls, and thou.
Holding the 14th amendment to its word.
Archived material about the 2008 California marriage equality fight and this site's treatment of it can be found at an LD No on 8 page. There you'll also find links to background info on the marriage equality issue & sources of info on current campaigns, like The Courage Campaign's Equality Hub. For ongoing news roundup on national marriage equality issues (updated daily), check out Stop8.org.
Lesbian Dad is written by a parent who answers to the name "Baba" and works toward a world in which amor does indeed vincit omnia. Still curious? You'll find a ton more on the About page. Or the Glossary. Or the Best of LD. The closest thing to an origin story can be found in this six-post series, excerpted from an essay of mine describing the dawn of my lesbian fatherhood.
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- tessappho commented on First day first grade saying Glad she had a good day. Congratulations on bein named one of the "Must Read" moms. I enjoy your blog.
- Lesbian Dad commented on First day first grade saying Thank you! So far so good!
And fortunately several classmates from last year are with her now. Plus, as we like to tell her, friends she hasn't met yet.
- Shereen commented on Much ado saying Here's where I guiltily admit my bourgeois love of others' before and after pictures. Having any sort of wherewithal to do it is a blessing and a luxury, but still. Human beings create homes, I am convinced, as part of a spiritual need. Don't be ashamed of adding a few feathers to the nest. And
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Remind me why I live in Minnesota again. Seriously. Why am I not at the ocean right now?!
For the oceans of open fields? And the magpies flying over them? And the warm sweet smell of the fertile earth on a summer’s night? Fireflies? Tree leaves the size of dinner plates? May Day? That park along the Mississippi where we ran our dogs when we were younger pups? A community of such a scale that it’s possible to know folks nearly everywhere you go? Affordable arts? Ten thousand lakes? (There are 10 right off the top of my head. The only downside is how many days’ travel it takes to get from there to here.)
I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder – you make it sound so beautiful. ha ha. Lately, I only think of the snow.
Amen, Sister.
now why don’t I go to that beach more often??? living over here and all….
loving the anniversary post, (re: ladies who lunch, i said outloud “does anybody still wear a hat? i’ll drink to that”)
and the way you are processing the sadness and loss…. so hard. step by step. it is comforting to read.
this circle of loss seems to be all around. perhaps now a respite….
but it came into my circle about 2 weeks ago and took my beloved kitty maude….harrolde her brother is bereft, as am i.
what to learn from all this? i’ve spent a lot of time thinking on this….and trying to sidestep the tendency to worry about everything all the time…
in the time of your life, live.