End Discrimination

PRIDE!

Dear Reader, LGBTQ pride is an everyday thing.  And yet it is right and fitting to assign it a unique month.  June always feels special to me, because each day reminds me of the great progress made in the struggle for equality.  And the fight for essential rights still not Read more…

Welcome

Welcome!

Dear Reader, Audacity Books has a new home, and I hope you’ll approve of it.  Everything else pretty much ground to a halt this last week while the new website captured all my attention.  Now that it’s done, I’m sure there will be some kinks to iron out.  And I Read more…

Be It Resolved. . .

Dear Reader, For the first time in as long as I can remember, I’m looking back on the old year with fondness.  Sure, there was more than the usual lunacy coming out of Washington.  And a lot of disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against trusted news-givers.  And enough violence Read more…

Merry, Merry!

Dear Reader, The holiday season has taken me over entirely today.  Everything else is pretty much on hold as I make marmalade for holiday gifts.  The citrus fruits were all shaved yesterday afternoon, while I listened to the podcast at thecreativepenn.com.  Do check it out, if you have not already. A Read more…

Alabama and Democracy

Dear Reader, It’s election day.  Not in New York—we’ve already been there twice this fall—but in Alabama.  Alabamians have a choice between two candidates to fill a vacant senate seat.  They can choose between a reasonable adult White man and a racist, pedophilic, homophobic good-old-boy clown.  Except I’m not laughing, Read more…