A recent news article on Queerty.com about the suicide of therapist Bob Bergeron just as his book The Right Side of Forty: The Complete Guide to Happiness for Gay Men at Midlife and Beyond was being published brought out over 100 comments on the article, many of them vicious, some of the thoughtful, a few… Continue reading Gay and growing old
Tag: Florida
Should I brag I’m from Florida?
I was born in Pahokee, Florida in 1955. From the map snippet on the right, you can see it’s a very small town, on the southeastern portion of Lake Okeechobee, and located on the western edge of Palm Beach County. Odd thing is, we never lived there. At the time I was born, we actually… Continue reading Should I brag I’m from Florida?
Things that scare us silly
Many of the women in family have been scared of snakes. Not just your normal “I don’t care for snakes” kind of scared, but burn the house down the with the baby still inside if I see one kind of scared. I suppose that when you hear someone mentioning “irrational, mind-numbing” to describe something, that… Continue reading Things that scare us silly
The Rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain
Firstly, that line from “My Fair Lady” is pure utter horsehockey. Anyone who has spent any time at all on the plains knows that rain is as scarce as hens teeth, and I would wager that the plains in Spain are not much different from the plains of Colorado. Firstly, a lot of Americans seem… Continue reading The Rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain
Jim Crow ain’t really dead
I grew up in South Florida, in the late 1950’s, through the early 1970’s when I finally left the South for service in the U.S. Navy. As a small child, I clearly remember seeing water fountains and restrooms segregated, with signs marked “colored only”. I was a freshman in high school in 1969 before I… Continue reading Jim Crow ain’t really dead