Letters to the Moon....

The truly unthinkable has happened. Last Friday, the United States had its inauguration for the new President of the United States was sworn into office. I will not dignify the man in question by repeating his name here. I did not vote for him, and I do not feel he is fit to serve as the President. A dark cloud hung over the country that day, literally and figuratively. Rain showers covered the Washington D.C. area. It was if the weather mirrored the mood of the country that day. I dreaded the eventuality of that man becoming the next President of the United States. There were measures that could have been taken to ensure that the day would never come. However, those measures were not done. It was an inevitability. I was determined that I would have nothing to do with the inauguration. I remember that I woke up, turned on my television, and chose a TV station that would not be showing inauguration coverage. I did not want my television to show  I was watching it when...

This past Christmas I was given an unusual gift: a pendant with a photograph of the moon on it. More specifically, the pendant has a picture of the moon phase on the night I was born.  https://static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/previews/000/109/549/original/vector-flat-moon-phases-icons.jpg Along with the pendant, I received a card which revealed the traits indicative to a person born under that moon phase. Reading the card, and the personality traits contained, it was completely staggering to me. Every trait was true. It was more accurate than any personality test has ever been. It felt like I was reading a card all about me. Much like horoscopes, every phase of the moon has personality traits that accompany it. This brought to mind the full moon. Every month on the calendar has a different full moon, with a different name and personality traits attributed to them. The full moon for the month of January is known as the Wolf Moon. When the moon is full in the...

I greatly awaited the arrival of this year. After the last Presidential election in the U.S., I felt that the year could not end fast enough. I continued to feel that as the news was filled with reports of celebrity deaths. Last year was awful, for a many of reasons. Throwing away last year's calendars brought me such joy. I hung this year's calendars with a newfound optimism. As part of my yearly ritual, I do a year in review piece on the lessons I have learned in the past year. The last week of last year was not anything I was prepared for. As such, this list is a little late. However, the lessons are just as valid. Here then are the lessons I have learned from 2016. Lessons from 2016 The music in a song satisfy the musician in me; the lyrics satisfy the writer in me Trans rights are human rights. It is a profoundly empowering moment to find out what you truly are and to boldly speak your truth. Art doesn’t have to be perfect. But, I can try to make i...