Guest Post: Cynthia Leitich Smith

Happy New Year…on, um, January 25th. Yeah. Been stuck in a wormhole. I have much to catch you up on in another day or two! But for now, I am nursing a lulu of a sinus infection. Ugh. So instead of hearing me whine about my mucus (yum!), you have the pleasure of...

World AIDS Day

On World AIDS Day, I usually repost this blog I wrote in 2010 about losing both my father and my good friend, Norbert, to AIDS. This year, I’d also suggest that you read David Levithan’s beautiful TWO BOYS KISSING and watch the excellent documentary, HOW...

Turkey! Of! Terror!

Happy Thanksgiving, folks. Om-nom-noms. I’m typing this from the comfort of my couch (thankful) where I am currently channel surfing between the James Bond marathon on Syfy and the Buffy marathon on Chiller. (doubly thankful) Oh, modern dilemmas. Or...

Your mileage may vary

Recently, I received a post that really got under my skin. It’s from Fiona (Hi, Fiona). I started to dash off a reply and then I thought that it required a much longer, more considered answer. With her permission, I’m reprinting her original comment below...
NYPL Battle of the Bands

NYPL Battle of the Bands

Well, hello! My. Don’t you all look simply smashing. YOU got taller. And YOU are growing out your bangs (looks great). YOU went away to college–study hard, enjoy eating Top Ramen. And YOU got a new tattoo of a llama superhero. Uh-huh. No judgments....

Can you believe this is the last weekend of summer? Wha…? When…? How…? Where does the time go? Does it have a condo in Boca? Maybe it’s in line at the grocery store? (There’s a lot of time there.) Is it getting its hair done for a Dolly...