Protected: true-self versus imposter – reflections of summer camp and beyond

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chronicpaint asks…

Question: You have the opportunity to teach me something, a skill, or experience or anything really. What would you want to teach me? Answer: This is difficult because I think you were already on the path to learning it when we first collided into each other here. I don’t wish for the answer to imply […]

metamorphosis

I am developing something that could be called a complex. I am finding more and more of a struggle in approaching men online. It has begun to surface in face-to-face cruising as well. This sense of isolation I have is gaining coherence, becoming more concrete. I no longer want to fit by presenting only part […]

Protected: out… and in

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Protected: Musings of an Old Skin Horse

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Protected: to the root of the problem

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What to do with broken toys…

It is a bit odd that I am so attached to the metaphor of the broken toy. <codeboi>’s nudge to bring The Velveteen Rabbit back to my consciousness closed the deal. (Now, if I could only find the copy I bought…) I truly like the fit of the image. That one particular toy so loved […]

The Velveteen Giving Tree Rabbit

Much and many thanks from my heart to <codeboi> for bringing a dear thing back into my lifewith a new context that is nearly unbelievable. I ran some errands with Todd to the northland…my stop was a bookstore, to return The Velveteen Rabbit to my life. The odd thing…I knew before entering the store that […]