A strange day today starting with insomnia, progressing to migraine and trouble functioning at work. I’m afraid though that the start had an impact on work and after a bit returning home seemed the better course of action. A nap later I’m still not quite there, but certainly closer to the next opportunity at a…… Continue reading The Company of Women
Month: June 2016
Makeup – Mascara
Where did mascara come from? According to Wikipedia’s article it goes back to using kohl in ancient Egypt 4000 years ago and that probably means it was being done well before that. Modern mascara is a tube with a pigment in some carrier and a wand that is put into the tube to pick up…… Continue reading Makeup – Mascara
SRS going on nine months
Not exactly nine, more than eight, less than nine. It’s been four months or so since I’ve written anything about the surgery and the results. Truthfully things are not enormously changed, there are issues I’m dealing with, but they are very few. A few weeks ago I was finally able to ditch the liners. This…… Continue reading SRS going on nine months
Makeup – Lippy
That was one of those slang words I learned early that lipstick can be lippy. But there are a million things we can put on our lips from pale to black and wild colors too, blues and purples and greens. Lipsticks, stains, glosses, crayons all sorts of things. You could go mad. I’m just going…… Continue reading Makeup – Lippy
Pictures lacking soul
The other day while sitting with our friend at the craft show I found I needed lunch, I mean that’s what happens between breakfast and dinner, right? There was a pizza guy there, an older gent, maybe in his seventies, but could have been a little more. Really charming. Even a little flirtatious. i got…… Continue reading Pictures lacking soul
Dad
A tower of strength Muscle and bone Terror and love Pride and insecurities Never satisfied and secure Childhood stories A lost watch A bicycle taken away Resentments Never forgiven Paternal love Lost at fourteen Too early Sweatshops and pushcarts Feeling the brute A life of work A life of poetry A life of talking with…… Continue reading Dad
Bags
I debated about this. Do I ruin the mystery and confess what I really carry around? Do I explain how this has evolved? Many questions, not so many answers. There are a lot of kinds of bags, little ones that can carry a credit card, a $20 and a lipstick, and huge ones that can…… Continue reading Bags
The Dating Site Con
A lot of us are lonely or at least want to find someone, and there are execrable people out there waiting to take advantage of that to swindle us out of thousands of dollars. I had the poor fortune to waste a week corresponding with one of these folks. Fortunately I refused the hook, but I…… Continue reading The Dating Site Con
Help me grow…
As far as I’ve been able to figure out, which actually is pretty difficult to do, this blog is reaching between 100 and 150 people between wordpress, facebook, linked in and twitter. I’ve been letting it grow “organically”, back following other bloggers, handing out business cards as I run into people I think might be…… Continue reading Help me grow…
How to be a Girl for the Trans woman
A short list of things to do or not do. Complete? Not even close. Talk like a girl Pitch is less important than intonation, cadence and word choice. Some women have lowish voices, but women still speak like women. Female speech varies more in pitch than male speech. Women are much more descriptive: “It’s a…… Continue reading How to be a Girl for the Trans woman
My Gifted Life 