I have a good number of dear friends. I feel very lucky. Some of them I’ve known for 40 years and some are newer. Although I’m separated as she claims that she didn’t marry a woman, which I understand. She’s a lovely person and i believe i will always love her. My dad was enamored…… Continue reading Friends
Category: Journey
Cross Dressing
First it is important to recognize my own issues. I’m not terribly comfortable with crossdressers. I don’t discriminate against them. I’m polite, even cordial. But it’s important t6 recognize my inherent prejudice. I’ll also say that I’m very much not alone in this for transwomen. However, I do try to be fair and accurate in…… Continue reading Cross Dressing
Why I Think our Current Treatment for Trans kids is Misguided
Until very recently, only a tiny minority of people identified as trans. People who said they were trans, if they got care. would generally have gender dysphoria. On top of this was a huge social stigma and social and peer pressure that actively kept many people from admitting to the problem. Understand that for those…… Continue reading Why I Think our Current Treatment for Trans kids is Misguided
Learning to be a woman
For most of my life I was a man. After I came out people would say they didn’t have any idea that my actions, behaviors, and communications hadn’t come from a genuine place. There was a reason for this. I learned early on to hide the unusual thoughts I lived with. . I was raised…… Continue reading Learning to be a woman
Journey Through Near Death Experiences: Scientific Insights
Just to be clear, while I find this all to be conceivable, I’m not going to put the whole of it to the test. I’ll die when it’s my time to go, and if any of this stuff is true then, well, it would probably be a bonus. Some months ago I ran across a…… Continue reading Journey Through Near Death Experiences: Scientific Insights
Pain
What can I teach about pain. I’m not sure. Certainly I am not suffering more then many others. Maybe stoicism? But maybe not even that. It’s been three years now since I’ve been largely pain free. I’ve come to understand that age may not bring wisdom, but it surely, sooner or later leads to pain.…… Continue reading Pain
School
I don’t claim to have any great insight as far as education, but I’d like to share a couple of thoughts. Let me start by saying I’m astonished by the level of ignorance displayed by a large percentage of people from politicians to scientists to journalists. Now I admit I don’t see how one can…… Continue reading School
About those dinner time callers
I don’t know about you, but I get all these calls for Rachel. They ask if I’m here and like a dummy I admit that I am. Perhaps I ought to cultivate a deep tenor voice for those occasions and I can take a message (smile). The next thing you really should all know, but…… Continue reading About those dinner time callers
Fair thee well my friend
We start life as a tiny zygote and a mystical spark of life they claim. For three score and years ten is the span of men the Bible claims. Then lay we down we must and join back into the dust. Foe none of us is there absolute certainly. I choose to believe in a…… Continue reading Fair thee well my friend
No Longer a Man
It’s been about ten years since I started hormones, as good a demarcation line as any. I had an image of what I thought I wanted to be, but really I had no idea who Rachel was. How she would arise out of the person who had lived all his life as a man and…… Continue reading No Longer a Man
My Gifted Life 