I’ll be on Air America Live tomorrow, 12:15 PM EST, talking about my unusual marriage, & yes, there is a live feed.
(Thanks to Jenny Boylan for the opportunity!)
Recent Interview
While I was in Milwaukee, I did an interview for a local paper and entirely forgot to mention it. It’s a little more recent then a million others I’ve done, so it might answer some questions about what the hell I’m doing in WI & other mysteries of life. (I especially love the bit about how my “writing exudes a Midwestern no-nonsense practicality.”)
Sir, Check In Please
I just got “sirred” by the lady checking people in at the special Sleeping Car Passengers Only Amtrak Waiting Room. There’s free beverages, even. She corrected herself as soon as I turned my head, so I suppose it was just the buzzcut and my 20th Century newsboy cap.
So I’m in Chicago. & What I’ve realized I like about trains is you can feel the traveling. Instead of just being one place & then being in another, I get to see the countryside change, along with the industries, and homes, and malls. (Far too many malls, if you ask me.) Not only that, but you get to say hey to friends who live in the city you’re passing through when you’ve got a couple hours layover.
Yep. Love trains.
Intermodal Travel Day
I’ve made it back to Milwaukee again, but this time I’m just passing through the Intermodal Terminal – how great a name is that for a train/bus terminal? – right now utilizing the free wifi and waiting for my train to Chicago to board. I take a train from Chicago to DC which takes about 17 hours, and luckily I’ll be in one of those nifty “roomettes” for that trip. Then from DC to Philly.
& Whilst plenty of you think I’m insane, I really prefer nothing more than sitting and looking out a window listening to music and thinking. Writing. Reading. It’s all the stuff I do anyway, but somehow doing it while moving feels more productive.
For those of you who don’t know, I’m on my way to the Liberty Conference in Philly, and yes, I did think I would be living in NYC when I said yes. I speak at Saturday’s luncheon about How We Love You (Trans People) and then later the same day about sex being a four letter word. Do come if you can.
Sunday, I get back on the train and do the whole thing in reverse, but not in heels.
Us in Milwaukee This Weekend!
What we’ll be up to:
- Saturday, 4/18: talk for Milwaukee LGBT on trans relationships, 6-9 PM, Martin Luther Church
- Sunday, 4/19: a talk on sex & relationships at The Tool Shed, 5 – 6:30 PM
- Monday, 4/20: Gender Variance Workshop at UWM, 2 – 4 PM
- Monday, 4/20: Queer Heterosexuals Lecture at UWM, 7 – 9 PM
So do come to whatever you can if you’re in the Milwaukee area, & do spread the word. All the links are to Facebook pages, since that’s how the kids are doing it these days.
Two Tune Tuesday: Happy Anniversary to Us
11 years ago today, I saw her lean against a kitchen counter. She offered me a beer.
(happy anniversary, doll. thanks for the exciting, never boring, unpredictable ride of my life.)
We’re Gonna Make It!
Sorry, I couldn’t help it. I’m going to Milwaukee for the first time, & for me, Milwaukee is always going to be Laverne & Shirley’s city.
What I’ll be up to:
- Saturday, 4/18: talk for Milwaukee LGBT on trans relationships, 6-9 PM, Martin Luther Church
- Sunday, 4/19: a talk on sex & relationships at The Tool Shed, 5 – 6:30 PM
- Monday, 4/20: Gender Variance Workshop at UWM, 2 – 4 PM
- Monday, 4/20: Queer Heterosexuals Lecture at UWM, 7 – 9 PM
So do come to whatever you can if you’re in the Milwaukee area, & do spread the word. All the links are to Facebook pages, since that’s how the kids are doing it these days.
Honored Finalist: Yours Truly
As it turns out, A Room of Her Own Foundation chose a short list of their “Honored Finalists” and yours truly is on it. Yes, I used my legal name, and someday I’ll say more about that, but you’ll be able to tell from the bio that I’m still me, and I am quite honored to see myself in this list.
I’ve been a writer a long time & it’s really something to receive this kind of recognition – and that from other women writers and a foundation created precisely to fund people like me. What’s more interesting about this award is that it’s based on the writing, of course, but also on community service.
It’s certainly a lovely way to end Women’s History Month.
Prairie Home Appleton
So if anyone wants to know a little more about where I’m living, it turns out Prairie Home Companion is in town, & they’ve shot a little local footage for the show:
Houdini’s birthplace, yes, but also Joe McCarthy’s. It’s an odd little place I really have come to love.
Philly in Spring
I won’t be at the Femme Fever Ball I blogged about yesterday because I’ll be speaking in Milwaukee, but I will be back on the East Coast this spring, in early May, in Philly, for the Liberty Conference. Some of my fellow presenters include:
Dr. Richard Doctor, Arlene Lev, Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, Dr. Sherman Leis, Dr. Jennifer Burnett, Dr. Sandra Simmons, Dr. James Thomas, Dr. Richard Hauer, Dr. Mark Zukowski, Dr. Maureen Osborne, Rev. Karla Fleshman, Allison Lang, Jan Brown, Stephanie Battaglino, Mona Rae Mason, Lady Ellen Melissa Clark, and Georgie Jessup
I’ll be speaking at the Saturday Luncheon about relationships in a talk called “How We Love You: Let Us Count the Ways” which will address issues of identity, intimacy, compromise, sex, family, and marriage.
You can read more & register at www.transeventsusa.org.