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This is what greeted me when I returned from a morning away, with Grandma on grandson duty.  From every other angle it’s an elaborate drape of blankets, towels, and sheets.  But through this one peep-hole, you can see the raison d’etre.
That little computer mouse-shaped object at the end of the white cord, sitting on the footstool [...]

A little mid-marriage equality/LGBT civil rights rally PDA, under the watchful eye of St. Pat’s.  Ahem. [Photo: Cheryl Dumesnil.]
I like to think that love will conquer all. I like to believe that the more of us believe this, the more true it becomes. If we’re not there yet  – love victorious and everlasting; love unconditional; [...]

THE POWERPUFF GIRLS SAY NO TO HATE! & YES TO LOVE!
This was taken just a little over a day ago, though it feels like a week.  On the Day of Decision, the afternoon after the CA Supreme Court released its cowardly ruling upholding Prop 8 for the thinnest and most internally contradictory of reasons, this [...]

Slide show of images in and around San Francisco, the afternoon following the CA Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Prop 8 (though also uphold the June-Nov marriages).
As of the wee, wee hours of Wednesday morning, I gave up waiting for all my photos to load to Flickr, where I stash them all.  I put in [...]

A slide show of images from this morning: first in front of the California Supreme Court before and after they released their ruling upholding Proposition 8, then inside City Hall, for the press conference.

Per usual, more to say here than I have time (or, right now, energy) with which to say it.  I hope the [...]

“This looks like the end of the story; but it isn’t.” Old Brown may seem to have Squirrel Nutkin in a deathgrip, but our furry friend is wilier than you might expect. 
Today I will be in San Francisco on the steps of the California Supreme Court (and elsewhere), likely apoplectic, but possibly ecstatic; still, likely, [...]

Dress-up box aftermath. When the parents are engrossed in conversation, Things are Bound to Happen.
I don’t yet have a Memorial Day photo of my Pops, WWII – Normandy Beach-landing vet, because his annual BBQ dinner is this evening and I’m hoping to convince him to pose for me in his father’s ship captain hat (Pops [...]

Post-dinner dance party. 
There was only time for one song: which would you choose?  “Flashlight” bolted out of the gate as an early contender, but “Super Freak” came from behind and took the night.
If I have one gay (parent) agenda item — other than, can I serve my kids up a little legal and social [...]



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