MendeolaToday is Transgender Day of Visibility. Today is, for me, also about gratitude.It wasn’t and isn’t all rosy and I have plenty to say about how the world is a mess and we have so, so far to go both within the LGBTQ+…Mar 31, 2018Mar 31, 2018
MendeolaMy fellow Americans, We need to talk about how we talk about difficult shit.We need to talk about how we talk to and about people we don’t agree with.Feb 21, 2018Feb 21, 2018
MendeolaThe Limits of PhotographyIt was Boston. It was late June. It was five hundred degrees and eleven thousand percent humidity at nine o’clock in the morning. I had…Feb 11, 2018Feb 11, 2018
MendeolaMore thoughts in no particular order.Placards. Tee shirts. Safety Pins. Bumper Stickers. Profile Photos. Rants. Displays of Solidarity…Nov 18, 2016Nov 18, 2016
MendeolaIn no particular order…Having white privilege does not make you a bad person. Not understanding what white privilege is and not understanding that you have white…Nov 16, 2016Nov 16, 2016
MendeolaStart Somewhere“Don’t start nothin won’t be nothin” has long been one of the primary guiding principles of my life. Thinking that way comes from a place…Nov 14, 2016Nov 14, 2016
MendeolaSeven YearsSeven years ago today I walked out of the strangest job in the most corrupt organization I’ve ever worked for.Mar 13, 2016Mar 13, 2016
MendeolaCollege Town Blues : Reading In Publicsitting outside with a coffee and four books after a trip to Moe’s. at the next table, two middle-aged suburban looking people. he’s trying…Oct 5, 2015Oct 5, 2015
MendeolaBenched : The WaitFedora. Fiftyish. Army coat in ninety-five degree weather and a backpack on his back. Banjo over one shoulder, guitar over the other. Both…Oct 2, 2015Oct 2, 2015